Nosocomial infection in a Danish Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A prospective study

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1294-1299

  Olsen, Anne L ^a,b   Reinholdt, Jes ^b   Jensen, Anders Mørup ^a   Andersen, Leif P ^c   Jensen, Elsebeth Tvenstrup ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Righospitalet ^*  (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood stream infection; Central venous catheter; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Nosocomial infection; Premature neonates

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WARD;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 68249100147     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01322.x     Document Type: Article

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