Prevalence and characteristics of nursing home-acquired infections in the aged

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1991
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Use of three characteristics (ie skin ulcers, urethral catheters, bedfast status) to identify patients at risk for nursing home-acquired infections may allow targeted infection surveillance and prevention programs. In addition, nursing home-acquired infections are not evaluated uniformly across pati …
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Authors Magaziner J;Tenney JH;DeForge B;Hebel JR;Muncie HL;Warren JW;;
Journal Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year 1991
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't u.s. gov't female male aged P.H.S. risk factors 80 and over Respiratory Tract Infections / epidemiology maryland / epidemiology cross infection / epidemiology* prevalence iatrogenic disease / epidemiology* nursing homes / statistics & numerical data* cross infection / diagnosis cross infection / etiology urinary tract infections / epidemiology pmid:1753044 doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.1991.tb02871.x j magaziner j h tenney j w warren dermatitis / epidemiology fever of unknown origin / epidemiology homes for the aged / statistics & numerical data* skin ulcer / complications vaginitis / epidemiology

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