Gestational age as a single predictor of health care-associated bloodstream infections in neonatal intensive care unit patients

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-162

  Barbadoro, Pamela ^a,b   Marigliano, Anne ^a   D'Errico, Marcello Mario ^a,b   Carnielli, Virgilio ^b   Prospero, Emilia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infant; risk factor; risk stratification; sepsis; surveillance

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; OBSERVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 79952317095     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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