Management and outcome of positive urine cultures in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 152-158

  Clarke, Denise ^a   Gowrishankar, Manjula ^a   Etches, Philip ^a   Lee, Bonita E ^a   Robinson, Joan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Candiduria; Neonatal intensive care unit contamination; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

BACTERIA; CANADA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 78649690857     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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