Nosocomial urinary tract infections in children in a pediatric intensive care unit: A follow-up after 10 years

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-77

  Matlow, Anne G ^a   Wray, Rick D ^a   Cox, Peter N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacteria; Fungi; Intensive care; Nosocomial infection; Pediatric intensive care; Pediatrics; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 85047688526     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130478-200301000-00015     Document Type: Article

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