Risk factors for nosocomial infection in a neonatal intensive care unit

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 571-575

  Couto, Renato C ^a,c   Pedrosa, Tania M G ^a   De Paula Tofani, Cristina ^b   Pedroso, Enio R P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Neocenter S/A   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

BACTEREMIA; BRAZIL; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745800596     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504931     Document Type: Article

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