Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections in US Hospitals: Analysis of 24,179 Cases from a Prospective Nationwide Surveillance Study

Wisplinghoff, Hilmar; Bischoff, Thomas; Tallent, Sandra; Seifert, Harald; P. Wenzel, Richard; B. Edmond, Michael

doi:10.1086/421946

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Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections in US Hospitals: Analysis of 24,179 Cases from a Prospective Nationwide Surveillance Study

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Jul 22, 2004

Authors:

Hilmar Wisplinghoff

Thomas Bischoff

Sandra Tallent

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Nosocomial bloodstream infections (BSIs) are important causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. METHODS: Data from a nationwide, concurrent surveillance study (Surveillance and Control of Pathogens of Epidemiological Importance [SCOPE]) were used to examine the secular tre...

Subject

Medicine

Bloodstream infection

Prospective cohort study

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