Blood Culture Contamination in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Shiraz, Southwest-Central Iran
Author(s) -
Zahra Hashemizadeh,
Abdollah Bazargani,
Mohammad Ali Davarpanah
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
medical principles and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1423-0151
pISSN - 1011-7571
DOI - 10.1159/000321237
Subject(s) - blood culture , contamination , medicine , neonatal intensive care unit , staphylococcus epidermidis , bacteremia , sepsis , intensive care unit , neonatal sepsis , staphylococcus aureus , intensive care , microbiological culture , pseudomonas aeruginosa , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , immunology , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , biology , pediatrics , ecology , genetics
To measure bacterial contamination rates in blood culture specimens and distinguish sepsis from blood culture contamination in newborn hospitalized patients in a neonatal intensive care unit and to recognize the most commonly isolated bacteria.
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