Cluster of necrotizing enterocolitis in a neonatal intensive care unit: New Mexico, 2007

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 144-148

  Wendelboe, Aaron M ^a,b   Smelser, Chad ^b   Lucero, Cynthia A ^c   McDonald, L Clifford ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

case series; Human milk fortifier; infant; infection control; outbreak

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM COLONY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; NEW MEXICO;

EID: 77049084490     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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