Epidemiological Study of Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Conjunctivitis in a Level III Neonatal Unit
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Epidemiological Study of Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Conjunctivitis in a Level III Neonatal Unit
BACKGROUND Conjunctivitis is one of the most frequently occurring hospital-acquired infections among neonates, although it is less studied than potentially life-threatening infections, such as sepsis and pneumonia. OBJECTIVES The aims of our work were to identify epidemiologic characteristics, pathogens, and susceptibility patterns of bacterial hospital-acquired conjunctivitis (HAC) in a leve...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Scientific World Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1537-744X
DOI: 10.1155/2013/163582