Nosocomial infection in a newborn intensive care unit (NICU), South Korea

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Jeong, Ihn Sook ^a   Jeong, Jae Sim ^b   Choi, Eun Ok ^c  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME;

COHORT STUDIES; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KOREA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33747688365     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-103     Document Type: Review

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