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.
MeSH terms
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Child
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Critical Illness
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Cross Infection / epidemiology*
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Cross Infection / microbiology*
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Fungi / classification
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Fungi / isolation & purification
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Gram-Negative Bacteria / classification
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Gram-Negative Bacteria / isolation & purification
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
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Gram-Positive Bacteria / classification
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Gram-Positive Bacteria / isolation & purification
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Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
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Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
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Hospitals, Pediatric* / statistics & numerical data
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Humans
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Incidence
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Infant, Newborn
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Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
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Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
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Mycoses / epidemiology
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Mycoses / microbiology
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Neoplasms / complications
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Risk
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Taiwan