Finding the sources of septicemia at a neonatal intensive care unit: Newborns and infants can be contaminated while being fed

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 213-215

  Büyükyavuz, Behçet Ilker ^a   Adiloglu, Ali Kudret ^a   Onal, Süleyman ^a   Cubukcu, Saadettin Ender ^a   Cetin, Hasan ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIQUID; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CROSS INFECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STERILIZATION;

EID: 33748109428     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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