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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Evaluation of risk factors affecting hospital-acquired infections in the neurosurgery intensive care unit

Cüneyt GöçmezDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Feyzi ÇelikDepartment of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
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Recep TekinDepartment of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
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Kağan KamaşakDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
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Yahya TuranDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
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Yılmaz PalancıDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey, and
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Fatma BozkurtDepartment of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
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Mehtap BozkurtDepartments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
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Pages 503-508 | Received 12 Sep 2013, Accepted 05 Nov 2013, Published online: 10 Dec 2013

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