Incidence and variability of hospital-acquired infections in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU);Frequenza e variabilità delle infezioni ospedaliere in Terapia Intensiva Neonatale (TIN)

Rivista Italiana di Pediatria

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 193-200

  Stolfi, I ^a   Moro, M L ^a   Lana, S ^a   Orzalesi, M ^b   Squicciarini, E ^b   Pasinetti, G ^b   De Toni, A ^b   Chiappe, F ^b   Casadei, G ^b   Mari, A ^b   Garani, G ^b   Donzelli, G P ^b   Magaldi, R ^b   Santucci, S ^b   Coppalini, B ^c   De Caris, V ^b   Scarcella, A ^d   Vetrano, G ^e   Lunetta, F ^b   Stronati, M ^b   Panero, A ^f   Pellegrini, G ^g   Piga, M T ^b   Uxa, F ^b   Bonanno Conti, M I ^b   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Acquaviva delle Fonti ^*

^c Dipartimento di Medicina Infantile e Materna   (Italy)

^d II Policlinico Napoli   (Italy)

^e CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hospital acquired infections; Incidence; Neonatal intensive care units; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346534355     PISSN: 03925161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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