Incidence of and risk factors for hospital-acquired diarrhea in three tertiary care public hospitals in Bangladesh

During April 2007-April 2010, surveillance physicians in adult and pediatric medicine wards of three tertiary public hospitals in Bangladesh identified patients who developed hospital-acquired diarrhea. We calculated incidence of hospital-acquired diarrhea. To identify risk factors, we compared thes...

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Published in:	The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 91; no. 1; pp. 165 - 172
Main Authors:	Bhuiyan, Mejbah Uddin, Luby, Stephen P, Zaman, Rashid Uz, Rahman, M Waliur, Sharker, M A Yushuf, Hossain, M Jahangir, Rasul, Choudhury H, Ekram, A R M Saifuddin, Rahman, Mahmudur, Sturm-Ramirez, Katharine, Azziz-Baumgartner, Eduardo, Gurley, Emily S
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 01-07-2014
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Bangladesh - epidemiology Child Child, Preschool Cross Infection Diarrhea - epidemiology Diarrhea - pathology Disease Outbreaks Female Hospitals, Public Humans Incidence Infant Length of Stay Male Middle Aged Risk Factors Survival Analysis Tertiary Healthcare - statistics & numerical data Bangladesh
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