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Title:
Rates of Hospital-Acquired Respiratory Illness in Bangladeshi Tertiary Care Hospitals: Results from a Low-Cost Pilot Surveillance Strategy
Publication date:
14 April 2010
Publication type:
Other Publication
Author(s):
Emily S. Gurley
Rebeca Sultana, Michael Bell, Alicia M. Fry, Arjun Srinivasan, Mahmudur Rahman, M. Waliur Rahman, M. Jahangir Hossain, and Stephen P. Luby
Publication summary:
A total of 6.1 hospital-acquired respiratory infections were identified per 1000 patient-days at risk in Bangladeshi hospitals, and clusters of disease frequently occurred. This low-cost surveillance method could be used to detect outbreaks and test interventions in resource-poor settings.
Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 50, no. 10: 1084–1090
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doi:10.1086/651265