Increasing Incidence of Hospital-Acquired and Healthcare-Associated Bacteremia in Northeast Thailand: A Multicenter Surveillance Study

Maliwan Hongsuwan; Pramot Srisamang; Manas Kanoksil; Nantasit Luangasanatip; Anchalee Jatapai; Nicholas P. Day; Sharon J. Peacock; Ben S. Cooper; Direk Limmathurotsakul

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109324

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Increasing Incidence of Hospital-Acquired and Healthcare-Associated Bacteremia in Northeast Thailand: A Multicenter Surveillance Study

Maliwan Hongsuwan,

Affiliation Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Pramot Srisamang,

Affiliation Department of pediatrics, Sappasithiprasong Hospital, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
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Manas Kanoksil,

Affiliation Department of pediatrics, Udon Thani Hospital, Udon Thani, Thailand
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Nantasit Luangasanatip,

Affiliation Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Anchalee Jatapai,

Affiliation Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Nicholas P. Day,

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Center for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Sharon J. Peacock,

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Medicine, Cambridge University, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Ben S. Cooper,

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Center for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Direk Limmathurotsakul

* E-mail: direk@tropmedres.ac

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Increasing Incidence of Hospital-Acquired and Healthcare-Associated Bacteremia in Northeast Thailand: A Multicenter Surveillance Study

Maliwan Hongsuwan,
Pramot Srisamang,
Manas Kanoksil,
Nantasit Luangasanatip,
Anchalee Jatapai,
Nicholas P. Day,
Sharon J. Peacock,
Ben S. Cooper,
Direk Limmathurotsakul

Published: October 13, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109324

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