Pediatric primary gram-negative nosocomial bacteremia: A possible relationship with infusate contamination

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 276-280

  Macias Hernández, Alejandro E ^a,d   Hernández Ramos, Isabel ^b   Muñoz Barrett, Juan M ^a   Vargas Salado, Enrique ^a   Guerrero Martínez, Francisco J ^b   Medina Valdovinos, Humberto ^a   Hernández Hernández, Jesus ^b   Ponce de León Rosales, Samuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b Hospital General de Leon   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^d Facultad de Medicina de   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

BACTEREMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG CONTAMINATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 0030144613     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141926     Document Type: Article

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