Nosocomial Infection in an Intensive Care Unit in a Brazilian University Hospital Infección hospitalaria en unidad de tratamiento intensivo de un hospital universitario brasileño Infecção hospitalar em unidade de tratamento intensivo de um hospital universitário brasileiro

• Main Authors: Adriana Cristina de Oliveira (Author), Christine Tassone Kovner (Author), Rafael Souza da Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This prospective study aimed to determine the nosocomial infection (NI) incidence in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), its association with clinical characteristics and occurrence sites. It was carried out among 1.886 patients admitted in an ICU of a University Hospital, from August 2005 to January 2008...