Epidemiologic surveillance of nosocomial infections in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of a developing country

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Becerra, María R ^a   Tantaleán, José A ^a   Suárez, Víctor J ^b   Alvarado, Margarita C ^a   Candela, Jorge L ^c   Urcia, Flor C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD DEL NIÑO   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN MARTÍN DE PORRES   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMONAS; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; CROSS INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; PERU; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PERU; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956477793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-66     Document Type: Article

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