Uçkay, Ilker; Sax, Hugo; Gayet-Ageron, Angèle; Ruef, Christian; Mühlemann, Kathrin; Troillet, Nicolas; Petignat, Christiane; Bernasconi, Enos; Balmelli, Carlo; Widmer, Andreas; Boubaker, Karim; Pittet, Didier (2013). High proportion of healthcare-associated urinary tract infection in the absence of prior exposure to urinary catheter: a cross-sectional study. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2(1), p. 5. BioMed Central 10.1186/2047-2994-2-5
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Exposure to urinary catheters is considered the most important risk factor for healthcare-associated urinary tract infection (UTI) and is associated with significant morbidity and substantial extra-costs. In this study, we assessed the impact of urinary catheterisation (UC) on symptomatic healthcare-associated UTI among hospitalized patients.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Infectiology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Mühlemann, Kathrin |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
2047-2994 |
Publisher: |
BioMed Central |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Annelies Luginbühl |
Date Deposited: |
21 Mar 2014 13:55 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:29 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1186/2047-2994-2-5 |
PubMed ID: |
23391300 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.44343 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/44343 |
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