Length of hospital stay in surgical service patients with nosocomial Hemophilus influenzae infections.
The length of hospitalization was characterized for 24 surgical service patients with nosocomial respiratory tract infections associated with Hemophilus influenzae. The mean number of days were: admission to surgery 8.22; surgery to culture of the nosocomial pathogen 7.00; admission to culture 16.71; admission to discharge 38.75; surgery to discharge 25.48; and culture to discharge 21.42. The length of hospital stay was prolonged for those patients with nosocomial respiratory tract infections related to H influenzae.
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D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology*; D006192:Haemophilus Infections; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D009825:Oklahoma; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital