Health care-associated infections in the neonatal intensive care unit

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 268-275

  Brady, Michael T ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ED 582 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NEVIRAPINE; PALIVIZUMAB; SILVER NITRATE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREAST FEEDING; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; DRUG INDICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HERPES; HERPES ZOSTER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMATURITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SURGERY; NURSERY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREMATURITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURVIVAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VIRUS INFECTION;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 20444418651     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2004.11.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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