Incidence density and relative risk of nosocomial infection in Taiwan's only children's hospital, 1999-2003

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 767-770

  Maa, Suh Hwa ^a,e   Lee, Hsin Lun ^c   Huang, Yhu Chering ^b   June, Hsieh Wu ^a   Tsou, Tsung Shan ^d   MacDonald, Karen ^e   Abraham, Ivo ^a,e,f,g  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e Matrix45 ^*  (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN;

CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MYCOSES; NEOPLASMS; RISK; TAIWAN;

EID: 50949118675     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589724     Document Type: Article

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