Nosocomial bloodstream infections in children: An 8-year experience at a tertiary-care hospital in Finland

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1072-1075

  Sarvikivi, Emmi ^a,b   Lyytikainen O ^a   Vaara, M ^c   Saxen H ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacteraemia; Coagulase negative staphylococci; Epidemiological studies; Fungaemia; Nosocomial infections; Paediatric hospitals

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCOCCUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SECONDARY INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SURGICAL RISK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CANDIDA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 56849093908     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02079.x     Document Type: Article

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