Recent trends and prevention of infection in the neonatal intensive care unit

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 350-356

  Curtis, Carmel ^a   Shetty, Nandini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospital acquired infection; Infection control; Neonatal

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYCOSIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL;

EID: 49049097758     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e3283013af4     Document Type: Review

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