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This volume provides details of the most common infection control problems facing intensive care units. Contributing authors include noted scientists, intensivists and epidemiologists from the US and Europe, as well as infection control experts from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Acinetobacter, methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin resistant enterococci are examined in detail.
The book also includes cutting-edge information regarding the potential for prophylactic and pre-emptive therapy of fungal infections in intensive care units. Innovations in vascular catheter care and prevention of bloodstream infections are discussed in this volume as well as up-to-date information in mathematical modelling to understand the epidemiology and control of infections in intensive care units. |
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| Author(s) : Jordi Rello | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0792374150 | ISBN-13 : 9780792374152 |
| RRP : £161.00 | Best available price : £24.99 / $ |
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Series Title : Perspectives on Critical Care Infectious Diseases S.
Country Publication : Netherlands
Publication Date : 01/12/2001
Publisher : Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Page Length : 288mm
Page Size : 234mm