Nosocomial infections in pediatric cardiac surgery, Italy

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 771-775

  Valera, Mariangela ^a   Scolfaro, Carlo ^a   Cappello, Nazario ^b   Gramaglia, Elena ^a   Grassitelli, Sergio ^a   Abbate, Maria Teresa ^a   Rizzo, Alberta ^a   Abbruzzese, Piero ^a   Valori, Andrea ^a   Longo, Stefano ^a   Tovo, Pier Angelo ^a  

^a REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 0035710584     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501861     Document Type: Article

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