A 10-year prospective surveillance of nosocomial infections in neonatal intensive care units

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-189

  Couto, Renato C ^a   Carvalho, Elaine A A ^a   Pedrosa, Tânia M G ^a   Pedroso, Ênio R ^a   Neto, Mozar C ^b   Biscione, Fernando M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Mater Dei   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIURIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; BRAZIL; CANDIDA; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MOUTH INFECTION; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; OMPHALITIS; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR;

BACTEREMIA; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34047268418     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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