Viral outbreaks in neonatal intensive care units: What we do not know

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 854-856

  Civardi, Elisa ^a   Tzialla, Chryssoula ^a   Baldanti, Fausto ^a   Strocchio, Luisa ^a   Manzoni, Paolo ^b   Stronati, Mauro ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b Hospital St Anna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neonate; Noncongenital infection; Nosocomial infection; Virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; EAR INFECTION; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; EYE INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH INFECTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOSE INFECTION; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; SEPSIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

NEONATE; NONCONGENITAL INFECTION; NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION; VIRUS;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84884908022     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.01.026     Document Type: Article

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