title: Length of hospital stay in surgical service patients with nosocomial Hemophilus influenzae infections.
abstract: 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.
authors: D J
authors: DJ
authors: Flournoy
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Hall
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Klein
authors: L N
authors: LN
authors: Slater
mesh_terms: 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