Surveillance, control and management of infections in intensive care units in Southern Europe, Turkey and Iran--a prospective multicenter point prevalence study
Journal
Journal of Infection
Date Issued
2014-02
Author(s)
Erdem, Hakan
Inan, Asuman
Altındis, Selma
Carevic, Biljana
Askarian, Mehrdad
Cottle, Lucy
Beovic, Bojana
Csomos, Akos
Metodiev, Krassimir
Ahmetagic, Sead
Harxhi, Arjan
Raka, Lul
Nechifor, Mihai
Alp, Emine
Bozkurt, Fatma
Hosoglu, Salih
Balik, Ismail
Yilmaz, Gulden
Jereb, Matjaz
Moradi, Fatemeh
Petrov, Nikolay
Kaya, Selcuk
Koksal, Iftihar
Aslan, Turan
Elaldi, Nazif
Akkoyunlu, Yasemin
Moravveji, Seyyed Alireza
Csato, Gabor
Szedlak, Balazs
Akata, Filiz
Oncu, Serkan
Grgic, Svjetlana
Cosic, Gorana
Stefanov, Chavdar
Farrokhnia, Mehrdad
Müller, Mária
Luca, Catalina
Koluder, Nada
Korten, Volkan
Platikanov, Viliyan
Ivanova, Petja
Soltanipour, Soheil
Vakili, Mahmood
Farahangiz, Saman
Afkhamzadeh, Abdorrahim
Beeching, Nicholas
Ahmed, Salman Shaheer
Cami, Alma
Shiraly, Ramin
Jazbec, Anja
Mirkovic, Tomislav
Leblebicioglu, Hakan
Naber, Kurt
DOI
10.1016/j.jinf.2013.11.001
Abstract
We aimed to compare the features of intensive care units (ICUs), their antimicrobial resistance patterns, infection control policies, and distribution of infectious diseases from central Europe to Mid-West Asia.