Nosocomial blood stream infections in a neonatal intensive care unit in Ankara, Turkey

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 464-470

  Baş, Ahmet Yagmur ^a   Demirel, Nihal ^a   Zenciroǧlu, Ayşegül ^a   Göl, Neşe ^a   Tanir, Gönül ^a  

^a DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Neonatal sepsis; Newborn; Nosocomial blood stream infection; Nosocomial sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CARBAPENEM; CEFOTAXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BACTEREMIA; CANDIDEMIA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TURKEY;

EID: 79551593072     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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