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. 2019 Jan;38(1):e12-e14.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002046.

Hospital-Acquired Infections in Children: A Latin American Tertiary Teaching Hospital 5-Year Experience

Paula Andrade Alvares  1   2 , Mariana Volpe Arnoni  3 , Cely Barreto da Silva  3 , Marco Aurélio Palazzi Sáfadi  1   2 , Marcelo Jenné Mimica  1   2   4
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Hospital-Acquired Infections in Children: A Latin American Tertiary Teaching Hospital 5-Year Experience

Paula Andrade Alvares et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019 Jan.

Abstract

Hospital-acquired infections account for high mortality rates and hospital costs. We analyzed pediatric data from a tertiary teaching hospital and found that most of the cases occurred in the intensive care unit and had significant association with invasive devices. Bloodstream infections were the main site of infection, and Gram-negative bacteria were the predominant etiology.

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