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, Selcuk; Koksal, IFTAHAR; 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
Keywords: ICU, Infection, Turkey, Europe, Iran, Resistance, DISEASES, OUTCOMES, RESISTANCE, COUNTRIES, MORTALITY, BACTERIA, PATIENT, IMPACT
Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: No

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.