Staphylococci, catecholamine inotropes and hospital-acquired infections

Primrose P.E. Freestone; Noura Al-Dayan; Mark Lyte

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Staphylococci, catecholamine inotropes and hospital-acquired infections

Primrose P.E. Freestone, Noura Al-Dayan, Mark Lyte

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Microbial Endocrinology
Subtitle of host publication	Interkingdom Signaling in Infectious Disease and Health
Publisher	Springer New York
Pages	151-166
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9781441955760
ISBN (Print)	9781441955753
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5576-0_8
State	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

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