Incidence of pediatric and neonatal intensive care unit-acquired infections

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 561-570

  Banerjee, Shailendra N ^a,d   Grohskopf, Lisa A ^b   Sinkowitz Cochran, Ronda L ^a   Jarvis, William R ^c  

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

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

^c Jarvis and Jason Associates   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745764541     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503337     Document Type: Review

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