Neonatal sepsis in Egypt associated with bacterial contamination of glucose-containing intravenous fluids

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 590-594

  Moore, Kelly L ^a,b   Kainer, Marion A ^a,b,c   Badrawi, Nadia ^d   Afifi, Salma ^e   Wasfy, Momtaz ^e   Bashir, Moataza ^d   Jarvis, William R ^a   Graham, Tae Wha ^e   El Kholy, Amani ^d   Gipson, Reginald ^f   Jernigan, Daniel B ^a   Mahoney, Frank ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^f JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease outbreaks; Infection control; Intravenous infusion; Neonatal intensive care; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; GLUCOSE; INFUSION FLUID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 22244454783     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000168804.09875.95     Document Type: Article

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