Association of National Healthcare Safety Network--defined catheter-associated urinary tract infections with alternate sources of fever

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Oct;36(10):1236-8. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.149. Epub 2015 Jun 22.

Authors

Surbhi Leekha¹, Michael Anne Preas², Joan Hebden³

Affiliations

¹ 1Department of Epidemiology and Public Health,University of Maryland School of Medicine,Baltimore,Maryland.
² 2University of Maryland Medical Center,Baltimore,Maryland.
³ 3Wolters Kluwer Health,Madison,Wisconsin.

PMID: 26094688
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.149

Abstract

Presented in part: 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; Dallas, Texas; April 1-4, 2011.

Publication types

Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

Catheter-Related Infections / complications
Catheter-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Cross Infection / complications
Cross Infection / diagnosis*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diagnosis, Differential
Fever / etiology*
Humans
Infection Control / methods*
Logistic Models
Public Health Surveillance / methods*
Sensitivity and Specificity
Urinary Tract Infections / complications
Urinary Tract Infections / diagnosis*