A 6-year prospective surveillance of healthcare-associated infections in a neonatal intensive care unit from southern part of Turkey

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 337-342

  Yapicioglu, Hacer ^a   Satar, Mehmet ^a   Ozcan, Kenan ^a   Narli, Nejat ^a   Ozlu, Ferda ^a   Sertdemir, Yasar ^b   Tasova, Yesim ^c  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (Australia)

^b Department of Biostatistics ^*  (Australia)

^c CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Healthcare associated infections; neonatal intensive care unit; predominant microorganisms; surveillance

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANDIDA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 77953832686     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01718.x     Document Type: Article

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