Healthcare-associated infections among neonates in Brazil

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 772-777

  Pessoa Silva, Carmem Lúcia ^a,e   Richtmann, Rosana ^b   Calil, Roseli ^c   Santos, Rosana Maria Rangel ^a   Costa, Maria Luiza M ^b   Frota, Ana Cristina Cisne ^a   Wey, Sergio Barsanti ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital e Maternidade Santa Joana   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DEVICE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BRAZIL; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4744363962     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502475     Document Type: Article

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