Use of DNA fingerprinting in decision making for considering closure of neonatal intensive care units because of

Pediatric Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 110-114

  Schutze, Gordon E ^a,b   Gilliam, Craig H ^f   Jin, Shouguang ^c   Cavenaugh, Connie K ^e   Hall, R Whit ^a   Bradsher, Robert W ^d   Jacobs, Richard F ^a  

^a Departments of Pediatrics   (United States)

^b MIRT UAMS   (United States)

^c Departments of Microbiology and Immunology   (United States)

^d Departments of Internal Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^f ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Neonatal intensive care; Nosocomial; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CASE REPORT; CLONE; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION MAKING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1242336824     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000109222.90464.aa     Document Type: Article

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