Seasonal and temperature-associated increases in gram-negative bacterial bloodstream infections among hospitalized patients.

<h4>Background</h4>Knowledge of seasonal trends in hospital-associated infection incidence may improve surveillance and help guide the design and evaluation of infection prevention interventions. We estimated seasonal variation in the frequencies of inpatient bloodstream infections (BSIs...

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Main Authors: Michael R Eber, Michelle Shardell, Marin L Schweizer, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Eli N Perencevich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21966489/pdf/?tool=EBI