Risk factors for nosocomial infection in a Brazilian neonatal intensive care unit

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-79

  Fernandes Távora, Ana Carolina Vieira Costa ^a   Castro, Antonieta B ^b   Militão, Maria Afonsina M ^b   Girão, José Eduilton ^b   Ribeiro, Karina de Cássia Braga ^c   Távora, Lara Gurgel Fernandes ^b,d  

^a Walter Cantídeo Universitary Hospital   (Brazil)

^b César Cals Hospital   (Brazil)

^c A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Neonatal intensive care unit; Neonatal nosocomial infection; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; MOUTH INFECTION; MUCOCUTANEOUS CANDIDIASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OMPHALITIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 48249114418     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-86702008000100016     Document Type: Article

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