Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in a neonatal care unit at Reunion Island;Infections nosocomiales à Pseudomonas aeruginosa en néonatalogie à l'île de la Réunion

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1500-1506

  Gerardin P ^a,b   Farny, K ^a   Simac, C ^a   Laurent, A F ^a   Grandbastien, B ^c   Robillard, P Y ^a  

^a Groupe hospitalier Sud Réunion   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Departemental Felix Guyon   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Audit; Hygi ne; Infant; Intensive care units; medical; neonatal; newborn; Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; EPIDEMIC; FRANCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; STAFF TRAINING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; EYE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROBIOLOGY; REUNION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EYE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REUNION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33845474531     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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