Increasing incidence of Gram-negative rod bacteremia in a newborn intensive care unit
SHAH S, EHRENKRANZ R, GALLAGHER P. Increasing incidence of Gram-negative rod bacteremia in a newborn intensive care unit. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 1999, 18: 591-595. PMID: 10440433, DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199907000-00005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGNR bacteremiaCare unitNewborn Special Care UnitPercutaneous central venous cathetersNewborn intensive care unitYale-New Haven HospitalMaternal intrapartum antibioticsGram-negative rod bacteremiaDuration of hospitalizationCentral venous cathetersNegative rod bacteremiaIntensive care unitStepwise multivariate analysisSpecial care unitsNumber of admissionsIntrapartum antibioticsVenous cathetersRetrospective reviewOverall incidenceNeonatal careProspective studyPatient populationBacteremiaMultivariate analysisIncidence