Epidemiology and diagnosis of health care - Associated infections in the NICU

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Polin, Richard A ^m   Denson, Susan ^m   Brady, Michael T ^m   Papile, Lu Ann ^m   Baley, Jill E ^m   Carlo, Waldemar A ^m   Cummings, James J ^m   Kumar, Praveen ^m   Tan, Rosemarie C ^m   Watterberg, Kristi L ^m   Barfield, Wanda D ^a   Jefferies, Ann L ^b   Macones, George A ^c   Mainous, Rosalie O ^d   Raju, Tonse N K ^e   Wang, Kasper S ^f   Couto, Jim ^m   Byington, Carrie L ^m   Davies, H Dele ^m   Edwards, Kathryn M ^m   Glode, Mary P ^m   Jackson, Mary Anne ^m   Keyserling, Harry L ^m   Maldonado, Yvonne A ^m   Murray, Dennis L ^m   Orenstein, Walter A ^m   Schutze, Gordon E ^m   Willoughby, Rodney E ^m   Zaoutis, Theoklis E ^m   Fischer, Marc A ^a   Gellin, Bruce ^g   Gorman, Richard L ^e   Lee, Lucia ^h   Pratt, R Douglas ^h   Read, Jennifer S ^g   Robinson, Joan ^b   Safadi, Marco Aurelio Palazzi ⁱ   Seward, Jane ^a   Starke, Jeffrey R ^j   Simon, Geoffrey ^k   Tan, Tina Q ^l   Baker, Carol J ^m   Bernstein, Henry H ^m   Kimberlin, David W ^m   Long, Sarah S ^m   Meissner, H Cody ^m   Pickering, Larry K ^m   Rubin, Lorry G ^m   Frantz, Jennifer ^m   more..

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Canadian Pediatric Society   (Canada)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

^d National Association of Neonatal Nurses   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f AAP Section on Surgery   (United States)

^g National Vaccine Program Office   (United States)

^h CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ Sociedad Latinoamericana de Infectologia Pediatrica   (Brazil)

^j American Thoracic Society   (United States)

^k Committee on Practice Ambulatory Medicine ^*  (United States)

^l Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society   (United States)

^m NONE

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Author keywords

Antibiotics; Health care associated infection; Neonate; Newborn; NICU; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CATHETER INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK INFANT; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUCOSA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLORA; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN PROTECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84859392162     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-0147     Document Type: Article

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