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Prospective Cohort Study of Incidence and Risk Factors for Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections in 212 Intensive Care Units of Nine Middle Eastern Countries
Objectives: To identify urinary catheter (UC)-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) incidence and risk factors (RF) in nine Middle Eastern countries. Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study between 1 January 2014 and 2 December 2022 in 212 intensive care units (ICUs) of 67 hospitals in 38 cities in nine …