AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 222-228, April 2010

Surveillance of catheter-associated urinary tract infection in 4 intensive care units at Alexandria university hospitals in Egypt

  • Maha Talaat, MPH, DPH

      Affiliations

    • Infection Control Unit, International Emerging Infections Program (IEIP), US Naval Medical Research Unit, No. 3, Cairo, Egypt
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Commanding Officer, US Naval Medical Research Unit No.3, Attention: Dr. Maha Talaat, Head, Infection Control Unit, IEIP, NAMRU-3, PSC 452, Box 5000, FPO AE 09835-0007 USA.
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  • Soad Hafez, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Alexandria University hospitals, Alexandria, Egypt
    • ,
  • Tamer Saied

      Affiliations

    • Infection Control Unit, International Emerging Infections Program (IEIP), US Naval Medical Research Unit, No. 3, Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Reham Elfeky

      Affiliations

    • Alexandria University hospitals, Alexandria, Egypt
    • ,
  • Waleed El-Shoubary, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Infection Control Unit, International Emerging Infections Program (IEIP), US Naval Medical Research Unit, No. 3, Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Guillermo Pimentel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Infection Control Unit, International Emerging Infections Program (IEIP), US Naval Medical Research Unit, No. 3, Cairo, Egypt

published online 19 October 2009.

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 Supported by the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS) program, Work Unit No. 847705.82000.25GB.E0018.

 The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense, nor the US government. Most authors are employees of the US government. This work was prepared as part of their official duties. Title 17 U.S.C. §105 provides that ‘Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government.’

 Conflicts of interest: None to report.

PII: S0196-6553(09)00748-2

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2009.06.011

AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 222-228, April 2010

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