Weather parameters and nosocomial bloodstream infection: a case-referent study

OBJECTIVE To evaluate if temperature and humidity influenced the etiology of bloodstream infections in a hospital from 2005 to 2010. METHODS The study had a case-referent design. Individual cases of bloodstream infections caused by specific groups or pathogens were compared with several references....

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Main Authors: Silvia Maria Caldeira, Antonio Ribeiro da Cunha, Renata Tamie Akazawa, Rayana Gonçalves Moreira, Lenice do Rosário de Souza, Carlos Magno Castelo Branco Fortaleza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-01-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102015000100216&lng=en&tlng=en