Health-care-associated infection in Africa: a systematic review

Bagheri Nejad, Sepideh; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Syed, Shamsuzzoha B; Ellis, Benjamin; Pittet, Didier

doi:10.2471/BLT.11.088179

Scientific article

Meta-analysis

English

Health-care-associated infection in Africa: a systematic review

ContributorsBagheri Nejad, Sepideh; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Syed, Shamsuzzoha B; Ellis, Benjamin; Pittet, Didier

Published inBulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 89, no. 10, p. 757-765

Publication date2011

Abstract

To assess the epidemiology of endemic health-care-associated infection (HAI) in Africa.

Keywords

Africa/epidemiology
Cross Infection/epidemiology
Health Promotion/methods
Humans
Iatrogenic Disease/epidemiology
Incidence
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated/epidemiology/microbiology
Prevalence
Public Health/trends
Sepsis/epidemiology/microbiology
Surgical Wound Infection/epidemiology/microbiology
Urinary Tract Infections/epidemiology/microbiology

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

Staphylocoques dorés résistants à la méthicilline et hygiène hospitalière (330)

Citation (ISO format)

BAGHERI NEJAD, Sepideh et al. Health-care-associated infection in Africa: a systematic review. In: Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2011, vol. 89, n° 10, p. 757–765. doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.088179

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:25474
DOI : 10.2471/BLT.11.088179
PMID : 22084514

Journal ISSN0042-9686

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Health-care-associated infection in Africa: a systematic review

To assess the epidemiology of endemic health-care-associated infection (HAI) in Africa.

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