TY - CHAP
T1 - Staphylococci, catecholamine inotropes and hospital-acquired infections
AU - Freestone, Primrose P.E.
AU - Al-Dayan, Noura
AU - Lyte, Mark
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG 2016.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Patients in hospital intensive care units have long been recognized as being at high risk for developing infections from bacteria, fungi, and viruses from within the hospital locality. Risk factors for development of nosocomial infections have usually focussed on the patient’s physical condition and the number and type of invasive medical procedures administered. Using the staphylococci as its focus, this chapter presents recent evidence that some of the medications routinely used in the treatment of acutely ill patients may also be a risk factor for the development of nosocomial infections.
AB - Patients in hospital intensive care units have long been recognized as being at high risk for developing infections from bacteria, fungi, and viruses from within the hospital locality. Risk factors for development of nosocomial infections have usually focussed on the patient’s physical condition and the number and type of invasive medical procedures administered. Using the staphylococci as its focus, this chapter presents recent evidence that some of the medications routinely used in the treatment of acutely ill patients may also be a risk factor for the development of nosocomial infections.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84947814909
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-20215-0_8
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-20215-0_8
M3 - Chapter
C2 - 26589219
AN - SCOPUS:84947814909
T3 - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
SP - 183
EP - 199
BT - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
PB - Springer New York LLC
ER -