Infectious disease exposures and outbreaks at a South African neonatal unit with review of neonatal outbreak epidemiology in Africa | Zendy

Angela Dramowski | Zendy; Marina Aucamp | Zendy; Adrie Bekker | Zendy; Shaheen Mehtar | Zendy

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Infectious disease exposures and outbreaks at a South African neonatal unit with review of neonatal outbreak epidemiology in Africa

Author(s) -

Angela Dramowski,

Marina Aucamp,

Adrie Bekker,

Shaheen Mehtar

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.01.026

Subject(s) - outbreak , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , epidemiology , acinetobacter baumannii , infection control , neonatal intensive care unit , pediatrics , environmental health , virology , intensive care medicine , biology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , electrical engineering , bacteria , engineering , genetics

Hospitalized neonates are vulnerable to infection, with pathogen exposures occurring in utero, intrapartum, and postnatally. African neonatal units are at high risk of outbreaks owing to overcrowding, understaffing, and shared equipment.

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