Laboratory confirmed health care-associated bloodstream infections: A Jordanian study

Summary: Background: Few studies have been conducted in Jordan related to health care associated bloodstream infections (HCABSIs). This study aims to examine epidemiology of HCABSIs among hospitalized adult patients in Jordan. Methods: A cohort study (N = 570; 445 confirmed HCABSIs, 125 uninfected...

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Main Authors: Omar M. AL-Rawajfah, Jehanzeb Cheema, Issa M. Hweidi, Jeanne Beauchamp Hewitt, Eyad Musallam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-12-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034112000949