Nosocomial infections are a major problem in intensive care patients. Thirty-nine patients, requiring intensive care for 5 days or more (mean 15.8 days) were prospectively investigated, to determine the relation between colonisation and nosocomial infection. Thrice weekly, cultures from the orophary
Bacterial colonization and infection in an intensive care unit
✍ Scribed by B. Nyström; H. Frederici; C. von Euler
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 413 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1238
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