Author:
Maa Suh-Hwa,Lee Hsin-Lun,Huang Yhu-Chering,Wu June Hsieh,Tsou Tsung-Shan,MacDonald Karen,Abraham Ivo
Abstract
We report on 2,688 nosocomial infection episodes involving 3,238 pathogens in Taiwan's only children's hospital. The mean annual incidence density was 4.06 cases per 1,000 patient-days. The relative risk was highest in intensive care units, oncology wards, and neonatal observation wards. Very young, low-birth-weight, critically ill, and oncology patients were most at risk.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Epidemiology
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