Community acquired infections among refugees leading to Intensive Care Unit admissions in Turkey

Community acquired infections among refugees leading to Intensive Care Unit admissions in Turkey

Objectives: Data on the impact of refugees on Intensive Care Units (ICUs) are lacking in the literature, in particular for community-acquired (CA) infectious diseases, for which they are known to be at higher risk. We did a descriptive, multicenter study to analyze CA infections among refugee patien...

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Main Authors: Mediha Turktan, Oznur Ak, Hakan Erdem, Dilek Ozcengiz, Sally Hargreaves, Safak Kaya, Emre Karakoc, Ozlem Ozkan-Kuscu, Gunay Tuncer-Ertem, Recep Tekin, Handan Birbicer, Gul Durmus, Canan Yilmaz, Funda Kocak, Edmond Puca, Jordi Rello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-05-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
refugees
Turkey
Syria
community-acquired infections
intensive-care unit
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971217300838

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