ReviewThe Journal of hospital infection2007
Healthcare-associated infections in neonatal units: lessons from contrasting worlds.
Review in The Journal of hospital infection, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.
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- Impact of empiric antibiotic regimen on bowel colonization in neonates with suspected early onset sepsis.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2010Trial
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- Etiology and Oral Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of the First Urinary Tract Infection Episode in Infants Under 6 Months of Age: A 17-Year, Retrospective, Single-Center Study in Italy.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Outbreaks in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Description and Management.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Review
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- Risk and diagnostic factors and therapy outcome of neonatal early onset sepsis in ICU patients of Saudi Arabia: a systematic review and meta analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Review
- Role of environmental surfaces and hands of healthcare workers in perpetuating multi-drug-resistant pathogens in a neonatal intensive care unit.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Colonization with Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria in the First Week of Life among Hospitalized Preterm Neonates in Serbia: Risk Factors and Outcomes.Microorganisms · 2021Article
- Perspectives and practices of healthcare providers and caregivers on healthcare-associated infections in the neonatal intensive care units of two hospitals in Ghana.Health policy and planning · 2020Article
- Analysis of late-onset neonatal sepsis cases in a level three neonatal intensive care unit.Northern clinics of Istanbul · 2020Article
- Status of water, sanitation and hygiene services for childbirth and newborn care in eight countries in East Asia and the Pacific.Journal of global health · 2019Article
- Prevention and treatment of neonatal nosocomial infections.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2017Review
- Molecular epidemiology of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus carriage in neonates admitted to an intensive care unit in Brazil.BMC infectious diseases · 2013Article
- genetic determinants of intrinsic colistin tolerance in Acinetobacter baumannii.Infection and immunity · 2013Article
- Nosocomial infections in a neonatal intensive care unit in South Brazil.Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva · 2012Article
- Risk factors for infection with coagulase-negative staphylococci in newborns from the neonatal unit of a brazilian university hospital.Clinical medicine insights. Pediatrics · 2012Article
- Infant neurobehavioral development.Seminars in perinatology · 2011Article
- Healthcare associated infections caused by coagulase-negative Staphylococci in a neonatal intensive care unit.Revista Brasileira de terapia intensivaArticle
- Risk factors for laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection in neonates undergoing surgical procedures.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious DiseasesArticle
- High rate of Healthcare Associated Infections in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital: A Point Prevalence Survey Highlighting Neonatal and Paediatric Vulnerability.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationArticle
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Abstract
Neonatal intensive care units are vulnerable to outbreaks and sporadic incidents of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The incidence and outcome of these infections are determined by the degree of immaturity of the neonatal immune system, invasive procedures involved, the aetiological agent and its antimicrobial susceptibility pattern and, above all, infection control policies practised by the unit. It is important to raise awareness of infection control practices in resource-limited settings, since overdependence upon antimicrobial agents and co-existing lack of awareness of infection control is encouraging the emergence of multi-drug-resistant nosocomial pathogens. We reviewed 125 articles regarding HAIs from both advanced and resource-limited neonatal units in order to study risk factors, aetiological agents, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and reported successes in infection control interventions. The articles include surveillance studies, outbreaks and sporadic incidents. Gram-positive cocci, viruses and fungi predominate in reports from the advanced units, while Gram-negative enteric rods, non-fermenters and fungi are commonly reported from resource-limited settings. Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns from surveillance studies determined the empirical therapy used in each neonatal unit. Most outbreaks, irrespective of the technical facilities available, were traced to specific lack of infection control practices. We discuss infection control interventions, with special emphasis on their applicability in resource-limited settings. Cost-effective measures for implementing these interventions, with particular reference to the recognition of the role of the microbiologist, the infection control team and antibiotic policies are presented.
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