| Literature DB >> 2786083 |
D J Flournoy, L Hall, G Klein, L N Slater.
Abstract
The length of hospitalization was characterized for 24 surgical service patients with nosocomial respiratory tract infections associated with Hemophilus influenzae. The mean number of days were: admission to surgery 8.22; surgery to culture of the nosocomial pathogen 7.00; admission to culture 16.71; admission to discharge 38.75; surgery to discharge 25.48; and culture to discharge 21.42. The length of hospital stay was prolonged for those patients with nosocomial respiratory tract infections related to H influenzae.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2786083 PMCID: PMC2625907
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Natl Med Assoc ISSN: 0027-9684 Impact factor: 1.798