Nosocomial bacteremia in neonates related to poor standards of care

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 713-716

  Macias, Alejandro E ^a   Munoz, Juan M ^a   Galvan, Amparo ^b   Gonzalez, Juan A ^b   Medina, Humberto ^a   Alpuche, Celia ^c   Cortes, Gabriel ^d   Ponce De Leon, Samuel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO MÉDICO NACIONAL 20 DE NOVIEMBRE   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d National Commission for Medical Arbitration   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Cross infection; Infant mortality; Nursing

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INFUSION FLUID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFUSION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEXICO; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 23744465628     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000172150.66717.92     Document Type: Article

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