Gram-negative bacilli associated with catheter-associated and non-catheter-associated bloodstream infections and hand carriage by healthcare workers in neonatal intensive care units

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 457-461

  Larson, Elaine L ^a,b   Cimiotti, Jeannie P ^a   Haas, Janet ^a,b   Nesin, Mirjana ^c   Allen, Ari ^a   Della Latta, Phyllis ^a   Saiman, Lisa ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Gram negative bacilli; Neonatal intensive care units; Normal flora

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 22144457602     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000163669.37340.91     Document Type: Article

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