Nosocomial infections in pediatric patients following cardiac surgery;Infección nosocomial en postoperados de cirugía cardíaca

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-38

  Guardia Cami Ma T ^a,b   Jordan Garcia I ^a   Urrea Ayala, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Nosocomial infection; Pediatric surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TEICOPLANIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 46849092424     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: 16959531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13124216     Document Type: Article

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