Nosocomial infections: urinary tract infection in patients with indwelling urinary catheter
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Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infections
Healthcare-associated urinary infection is one of the most frequent infections and it is responsible for more than 40% of nosocomial or healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and nursing homes for the elderly. The complexity and diversification of health services currently offered has motivated an enlargement in literature about infectious complications that may happen in each one of these sce...
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Clinical and Experimental Microbiology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1595-689X
DOI: 10.4314/ajcem.v4i1.7326