Nosocomial Gram-positive bacterial infections in children: Results of a 7 year study

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 875-882

  Celebi, Solmaz ^a   Hacimustafaoglu, Mustafa ^a   Ozdemir, Ozlem ^a   Ozakin, Cuneyt ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Gram positive bacterial infection; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NOSOCOMIAL PNEUMONIA; PEDIATRICS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TURKEY; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 36649006244     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02485.x     Document Type: Article

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