The Impact of Hospital-Acquired Bloodstream Infections
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The impact of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections.
Nosocomial bloodstream infections are a leading cause of death in the United States. If we assume a nosocomial infection rate of 5%, of which 10% are bloodstream infections, and an attributable mortality rate of 15%, bloodstream infections would represent the eighth leading cause of death in the United States. Because most risk factors for dying after bacteremia or fungemia may not be changeabl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid0702.010203