Open AccessActive Surveillance of Health Care Associated Infections in Neurosurgical Patients
Author(s) -
Reshu Agarwal,
Sarita Mohapatra,
Girija Prasad Rath,
Arti Kapil
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/26681.10146
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , neurosurgery , pneumonia , etiology , emergency medicine , bloodstream infection , surgery , physics , optics
Health Care Associated Infections (HCAI) are frequent complications in neurosurgery. There is limited data available on the incidence and burden of HCAI in neurosurgical patients of Southeast Asian region.