Primary and secondary bacteremia caused by mdr bacteria in ICU patients
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Methods For a 3 months period we have studied all cases of primary and secondary bacteremia occurred in patients hospitalized in ICU of KAT Hospital in Athens. The patients’ demographic data, the reason of admission, the day when bacteremia occurred, the cultured microbe and its resistance to antibiotics as well as the duration of patients’ hospitalization in ICU have been recorded. The statistical significance was resulted from the t-student and chisquare tests.
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