Surveillance, control and management of infections in intensive care units in Southern Europe, Turkey and Iran - A prospective multicenter point prevalence study

ERDEM, Hakan; INAN, Asuman; Altindis, Selma; CAREVIC, Biljana; ASKARIAN, Mehrdad; COTTLE, Lucy; BEOVIC, Bojana; Csomos, Akos; METODIEV, Krassimir; AHMETAGIC, Sead; HARXHI, Arjan; RAKA, Lul; GROZDANOVSKI, Krsto; NECHIFOR, Mihai; Alp, Emine; Bozkurt, Fatma; Hosoglu, Salih; Balik, Ismail; Yilmaz, Gulden; JEREB, Matjaz; MORADI, Fatemeh; PETROV, Nikolay; KAYA, SELÇUK; Koksal, İFTAHAR; Aslan, Turan; Elaldi, Nazif; Akkoyunlu, Yasemin; MORAVVEJI, Seyyed; CSATO, Gabor; SZEDLAK, Balazs; Akata, Filiz; Oncu, Serkan; GRGIC, Svjetlana; COSIC, Gorana; STEFANOV, Chavdar; FARROKHNIA, Mehrdad; MUELLER, Maria; LUCA, Catalina; KOLUDER, Nada; Korten, Volkan; PLATIKANOV, Viliyan; IVANOVA, Petja; SOLTANIPOUR, Soheil; VAKILI, Mahmood; FARAHANGIZ, Saman; AFKHAMZADEH, Abdorrahim; BEECHING, Nicholas; Ahmed, Salman; CAMI, Alma; SHIRALY, Ramin; JAZBEC, Anja; MIRKOVIC, Tomislav; Leblebicioglu, Hakan; NABER, Kurt

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2013.11.001

Surveillance, control and management of infections in intensive care units in Southern Europe, Turkey and Iran - A prospective multicenter point prevalence study

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JOURNAL OF INFECTION, vol.68, no.2, pp.131-140, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 68 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2014
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jinf.2013.11.001
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF INFECTION
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.131-140
Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: We aimed to compare the features of intensive care units (ICUs), their antimicrobial resistance patterns, infection control policies, and distribution of infectious diseases from central Europe to Mid-West Asia.