Hospital-acquired infection in elderly patients.

作者: M.E. Taylor , B.A. Oppenheim

DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(98)90074-3

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摘要: Increasing numbers of elderly people are being treated in hospitals and at particular risk acquiring infections. The incidence, factors types hospital-acquired infection (HAI) the reviewed. Special reference is made to urinary tract infections, respiratory gastrointestinal infections including Clostridium difficile, bacteraemia, skin soft tissue with antibiotic-resistant organisms.

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