Nosocomial Bloodstream Infection and Clinical Sepsis

Primary bloodstream infection (BSI) is a leading, preventable infectious complication in critically ill patients and has a negative impact on patients’ outcome. Surveillance definitions for primary BSI distinguish those that are microbiologically documented from those that are not. The latter is kno...

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Main Authors: Stéphane Hugonnet, Hugo Sax, Philippe Eggimann, Jean-Claude Chevrolet, Didier Pittet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/1/03-0407_article