Journal:
:avicenna journal of clinical microbiology and infection
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shokrollah salmanzadeh health research institute, infectious and tropical diseases research center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran; razi teaching hospital, clinical research development center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran
farid yousefi health research institute, infectious and tropical diseases research center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran; razi teaching hospital, clinical research development center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran
fatemeh ahmadi health research institute, infectious and tropical diseases research center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran
sahar geravandi razi teaching hospital, clinical research development center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran; tehran medical sciences branch, islamic azad university, tehran, ir iran
moghgan moien razi teaching hospital, clinical research development center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran
mohammad javad mohammadi razi teaching hospital, clinical research development center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran; department of environmental health engineering, school of public health, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran; department of environmental health engineering, school of public health, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran. tel: +98-9355439707, fax: +98-6133336513
conclusions the frequency of nis in this hospital was lower in comparison with other worldwide studies. however, low incidence of health care-associated infections in our study may be due to under diagnosis and underreporting of such infections by health care staff. results the incidence of nis was low (i.e. < 2%). among 16936 admitted patients in this hospital, 174 patients (79 males and 95 fe...
