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Louis Sherwood, E. Parris, D. Feingold (1970)
Hospital-acquired infections.The New England Journal of Medicine, 283
F. Barrett, J. Casey, M. Finland (1968)
Infections and antibiotic use among patients at Boston City Hospital, February, 1967.The New England journal of medicine, 278 1
E. Kass (1971)
Infectious diseases and social change.The Journal of infectious diseases, 123 1
J. Adler, J. Burke, M. Finland (1971)
Infection and antibiotic usage at Boston City Hospital, January 1970.Archives of internal medicine, 127 3
M. Finland, W. Jones (1956)
STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS CURRENTLY ENCOUNTERED IN A LARGE MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL: SOME PROBLEMS IN EVALUATING ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY IN SUCH INFECTIONSAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 65
Adler Jl, S. Ja (1970)
Nosocomial infection and antibiotic usage at Grady Memorial Hospital: a prevalence survey.Southern Medical Journal, 63
W. Scheckler, J. Bennett (1970)
Antibiotic usage in seven community hospitals.JAMA, 213 2
Fekety FR Jr Thoburn R (1968)
Infections acquired by hospitalized patients.Arch Intern Med, 121
R. Thoburn, F. Fekety, L. Cluff, V. Melvin (1968)
Infections acquired by hospitalized patients. An analysis of the overall problem.Archives of internal medicine, 121 1
T. Eickhoff, P. Brachman, J. Bennett, J. Brown (1969)
Surveillance of nosocomial infections in community hospitals. I. Surveillance methods, effectiveness, and initial results.The Journal of infectious diseases, 120 3
J. Norman (1969)
Medicine in the ghetto.The New England journal of medicine, 281 23
D. Rogers (1959)
The changing pattern of life-threatening microbial disease.The New England journal of medicine, 261
Jones WF Jr Finland M (1956)
Staphylococcal infections currently encountered in a large municipal hospital: Some problems in evaluating antimicrobial therapy in such infections.Ann NY Acad Sci, 65
J. Kislak, T. Eickhoff, M. Finland (1964)
HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS AND ANTIBIOTIC USAGE IN THE BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL--JANUARY, 1964.The New England journal of medicine, 271
Abstract In a survey of infections and antibiotic usage at the Latter-day Saints Hospital in January 1971, 10.6% of the patients had community-acquired infections and 8.5% had infections acquired in the hospital. At Boston City Hospital in 1970 these prevalence ratios were 20.6% and 12.0%, respectively. Although all types of infections were more prevalent at Boston City Hospital, the greatest difference was noted in the prevalences of community-acquired infections. Gram-negative bacilli accounted for 60% or more of all bacterial isolates from nosocomial infections at both hospitals. The less frequent use of percutaneous intravenous catheters at the Latter-day Saints Hospital was attributed to intravenous therapy teams. Use of antimicrobial agents was similar in both hospitals. Prevalence surveys are useful in comparative studies of hospitals only if observer bias is reduced by identical methods of study. References 1. Feingold DS: Hospital-acquired infections. New Eng J Med 283:1384-1391, 1970.Crossref 2. Rogers DE: The changing pattern of life-threatening microbial disease. New Eng J Med 261:677-683, 1959.Crossref 3. Eickhoff TC, Brachman PS, Bennett JV, et al: Surveillance of nosocomial infections in community hospitals: I. Surveillance methods, effectiveness, and initial results. J Infect Dis 120:305-317, 1969.Crossref 4. Finland M, Jones WF Jr: Staphylococcal infections currently encountered in a large municipal hospital: Some problems in evaluating antimicrobial therapy in such infections. Ann NY Acad Sci 65:191-205, 1956.Crossref 5. Kislak JW, Eickhoff TC, Finland M: Hospital-acquired infections and antibiotic usage in the Boston City Hospital—January, 1964. New Eng J Med 271:834-835, 1964.Crossref 6. Barrett FF, Casey JI, Finland M: Infections and antibiotic use among patients at Boston City Hospital, February, 1967. New Eng J Med 278:5-9, 1968.Crossref 7. Adler JL, Burke JP, Finland M: Infection and antibiotic usage at Boston City Hospital, January 1970. Arch Intern Med 127:460-465, 1971.Crossref 8. Adler JL, Shulman JA: Nosocomial infection and antibiotic usage at Grady Memorial Hospital: A prevalence survey. Southern Med J 63:102-105, 1970.Crossref 9. Thoburn R, Fekety FR Jr, Cluff LE, et al: Infections acquired by hospitalized patients. Arch Intern Med 121:1-10, 1968.Crossref 10. Scheckler WE, Bennett JV: Antibiotic usage in seven community hospitals. JAMA 213:264-267,1970.Crossref 11. Norman JC: Medicine in the ghetto. New Eng J Med 281:1271-1275, 1969.Crossref 12. Kass EH: Infectious diseases and social change. J Infect Dis 123:110-114, 1971.Crossref
Archives of Internal Medicine – American Medical Association
Published: Aug 1, 1972
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