| the evaluation of nosocomial infection during 1-year-period in the burn unit of a training hospital in istanbul, turkey. | an analysis of the burned patients, admitted to our eight bed burn unit and treated between 1 january and 31 december 2000, was performed. prevalence, etiologic agents, length of hospitalization, cost of treatment and mortality rates caused by nosocomial infections (nis) were studied. the study included 63 patients. eighteen of these (group-a) had 24 ni episodes. the most common ni observed was burn-wound infection (58.3%), followed by bacteraemia-sepsis (16.7%). nis were not detected in the res ... | 2002 | 12464471 |