Risk factors for nosocomial infections in critically ill newborns: A 5-year prospective cohort study

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-114

  Kawagoe, Julia Y ^a   Segre, Conceiçço A M ^a   Pereira, Cresio R ^a   Cardoso, Maria Fatima S ^a   Silva, Claudia V ^a   Fukushima, Julia T ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 0035074337     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2001.114162     Document Type: Article

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