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Nosocomial bloodstream infections: organisms, risk factors and resistant phenotypes in the Brazilian University Hospital.
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases - 1 Jun 2007
Ribas Rosineide M, Freitas Claudete, Gontijo Filho Paulo P
Abstract excerpt
Bacteremia is one of the most frequent and challenging hospital-acquired infection and it is associated with high attributable morbidity and mortality and additional use of healthcare resources. The objective of this work was to determine the frequencies of its occurrence, organisms and resistance phenotypes associated to nosocomial acquired bloodstream infections. A total number of 51 nosocomial bacteremia by...
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