Aqueous 2% chlorhexidine-induced chemical burns in an extremely premature infant

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lashkari, Harsha Prasada ^a   Chow, Peter ^a   Godambe, Sunit ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL BURN; DISINFECTION; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; UMBILICUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; SKIN;

EID: 84455206591     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2011.215145     Document Type: Article

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