Microbiology: An Introduction
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ISBN: 9780321929150
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 4R
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How one-third of hospital patients entered without the infection acquired infections, its method of transmission, and the reservoir of these infections.
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Nosocomial infections or hospital acquired infections are the infections developed in the patients during treatment or other diagnostic studies. Such infections will not be present in the patients before admission. It may occur when there is collaboration between the microorganisms, the host, and the environment.
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