Nosocomial infections in the nursery

Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-129

  Parvez, F M ^a   Jarvis, W R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ENTEROBACTER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NURSERY; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032896473     PISSN: 10451870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1045-1870(99)80043-0     Document Type: Article

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