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| Berberian,Griselda; Firpo,Verónica; Soto,Adriana; Lopez Mañan,Julio; Torroija,Cecilia; Castro,Graciela; Polanuer,Pablo; Espinola,Camilo; Piñeiro,José Luis; Rosanova,María Teresa. |
| OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to identify the clinical, radiological, and bacteriological features, risk factors, and outcome of neonates with bone and joint infections. STUDY DESIGN: Observational, retrospective, and analytical study of 77 patients less than 2 months of age, admitted to a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) with the diagnosis of bone or joint infection, based on clinical, radiological, and microbiological criteria. RESULTS: Seventy-seven patients with 99 acute osteoarthritis foci in a 16 year period were included in the study. Risk factors for infection could be identified in 69% of the patients. The hip was the most frequent. Staphylococcus aureus was the main isolated microorganism. Twenty-nine infants (38%) had... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Osteoarthritis; Neonate; Staphylococcus aureus. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000400018 |
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| Rosanova,Maria Teresa; Allaria,Adrian; Santillan,Alejandro; Hernandez,Claudia; Landry,Luis; Ceminara,Rodolfo; Berberian,Griselda. |
| Infections after cardiovascular surgery are an important cause of morbidity and mortality. This paper described the study of risk factors associated with development of infections. This is a prospective study, setting in a Hospital JP Garrahan, a tertiary and referral center of Buenos Aires, Argentina. All patients with cardiac surgeries between 1/11/01 to 1/1/ 2002 were included. The median age of p was 30 months (r: 1-212 m), 184 p (53%) were boys, 21% (75) had underlying disease, being the genetic disorders or undernutrition the most frequent, 56 p (16%) had previous surgery, 36 p (10%) had received previous antibiotics and 30 (9%) of them had previous infection, An ASA score higher than or equal to 3 was found in 308 p (88%). Median hospital stay... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Infections; Cardiovascular surgery; Children. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000600005 |
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