Prospective study estimating healthcare associated infections in a paediatric hemato-oncology unit of a tertiary care hospital in north India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 138, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages 944-949

  Gupta, Ayush ^a   Kapil, Arti ^a   Kabra, S K ^a   Lodha, Rakesh ^a   Sood, Seema ^a   Dhawan, Benu ^a   Das, Bimal K ^a   Sreenivas, V ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer; HA BSI; HAP; Healthcare associated infections; Mortality; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMPLICATION; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE;

EID: 84893220583     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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