Risk factors for intranosocomial bacterial infections in children. A case-control study;Factores de riesgo de adquisicion de bacteriemias intranosocomiales en niños un estudio de casos y controles

Medicina

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-48

  Paganini, Hugo R ^a,b   Rodriguez Brieschke, Teresa ^a   Casimir, Lidia ^b   Sandra, Seu ^a  

^a Servicios de Contr Epidemiologico E   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Case control study; Nosocomial bacteremia; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ARGENTINA; BACTEREMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032618358     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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