Determinants of nosocomial infection in 6 neonatal intensive care units: An Italian multicenter prospective cohort study

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 926-933

  Auriti, Cinzia ^a   Ronchetti, Maria Paola ^a   Pezzotti, Patrizio ^a,b   Marrocco, Gabriella ^a   Quondamcarlo, Anna ^a   Seganti, Giulio ^a   Bagnoli, Francesco ^a,e   De Felice, Claudio ^a,e   Buonocore, Giuseppe ^a,e   Arioni, Cesare ^a,c   Serra, Giovanni ^a,c   Bacolla, Gianfranco ^a,d   Corso, Giovanna ^a,g   Mastropasqua, Savino ^a,g   Mari, Annibale ^a,f   Corchia, Carlo ^a   Di Lallo, Domenico ^a,b   Ravà, Lucilla ^a   Orzalesi, Marcello ^a   Di Ciommo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Public Health Agency of Lazio Region   (Italy)

^c G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^f General Hospital   (Italy)

^g DI VENERE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; ITALY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RISK FACTOR;

BACTEREMIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS INFECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955733374     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655461     Document Type: Article

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