Hospital-acquired infection surveillance in a neonatal intensive care unit

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-203

  Orsi, Giovanni Battista ^a   d'Ettorre, Gabriella ^a   Panero, Alessandra ^b   Chiarini, Fernanda ^a   Vullo, Vincenzo ^a   Venditti, Mario ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OMPHALITIS; PNEUMONIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CANDIDA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MYCOSES; PREVALENCE; ROME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 63149189348     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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