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| Loureiro,Marcio M.; Moraes,Bianca A. de; Quadra,Maria R.R.; Pinheiro,Glenda S.; Asensi,Marise D.. |
| The aims of this study were to determine the frequency and antimicrobial resistance patterns of microorganisms associated with sepsis cases in a public maternity hospital, and to analyze the main demographic data relating to these infected neonates over a two year period. We analyzed 255 positive blood cultures and the medical records of newborns admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of the Hospital Maternidade Alexander Fleming II, Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil, from July 1997 to July 1999. Identification and antibiograms of the isolated strains were performed according to routine laboratory procedures. Demographics and microbiological data were analyzed using the Epi-Info program. The mean age of the newborns was 13.1 days, with an average of 1.2... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Epidemiology; Newborns; Hospital infection; Sepsis; Antimicrobial resistance. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822002000100015 |
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