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Epidemiology and risk factors for nosocomial bloodstream infections in solid organ transplants over a 10-year period.

Byron M BerengerK DoucetteS W Smith
Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2016)
This study demonstrates the common sources, risk factors, and causative organisms of BSI, which can guide empiric antibiotic choices, and highlights areas where preventative interventions could be targeted to prevent nosocomial BSI in SOT.
Keyphrases
  • risk factors
  • acinetobacter baumannii
  • methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
  • physical activity
  • klebsiella pneumoniae
  • drinking water
  • escherichia coli
  • gram negative
  • cystic fibrosis