Risk factors for healthcare-associated, laboratory-confirmed influenza in hospitalized pediatric patients: A case-control study

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 421-424

  Leckerman, Kateri H ^a   Sherman, Eileen ^b   Knorr, Jillian ^b   Zaoutis, Theoklis E ^a,c,d   Coffin, Susan E ^a,b,c,d  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b Department of Infection Prevention and Control ^*  (United States)

^c Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED LABORATORY CONFIRMED INFLUENZA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PHILADELPHIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77949563718     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651311     Document Type: Article

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