eMedicine: Hospital Acquired Infections (Health/Infectious_Diseases)
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Description: Physician reports on the viral, bacterial, and fungal pathogens likely to cause nosocomial... infections such as pneumonia, urinary tract infection, colitis, and candidiasis. Includes medical care and prevention tips.HospitalAcquired Infections Hospitalacquired infections encompass almost all clinically evident infections that do not originate from patients original admitting diagnosis. Within hours after admission, a patients flora begins to acquire characteristics of the surrounding bacterial pool. Most infections that become clinically evident after 48 hours of hospitalization are considered hospitalacquired. Infections that occur after the patients discharge from the hospital can be considered to have a nosocomial origin if the organisms were acquired during the hospital
Specializes in: hospitalacquired infections nosocomial infection vancomycinresistant enterococcus vre methicillinresistant staphylococcus aureus mrsa pseudomonas candidiasis... legionella respiratory syncytial virus