Weather parameters and nosocomial bloodstream infection: a case-referent study

• Main Authors: Silvia Maria Caldeira (Author), Antonio Ribeiro da Cunha (Author), Renata Tamie Akazawa (Author), Rayana Gonçalves Moreira (Author), Lenice do Rosário de Souza (Author), Carlos Magno Castelo Branco Fortaleza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate if temperature and humidity influenced the etiology of bloodstream infections in a hospital from 2005 to 2010. METHODS The study had a case-referent design. Individual cases of bloodstream infections caused by specific groups or pathogens were compared with several references....