Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: length of stay, attributable mortality, and additional direct costs
This study aimed to determine the excess length of stay, extra expenditures, and attributable mortality to healthcare-associated S. aureus bloodstream infection (BSI) at a teaching hospital in central Brazil. The study design was a matched (1:1) case-control. Cases were defined as patients > 13 y...
Main Authors: | Mariusa Gomes Borges Primo, Adriana Oliveira Guilarde, Celina M. Turchi Martelli, Lindon Johnson de Abreu Batista, Marília Dalva Turchi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702012000600001&lng=en&tlng=en |
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