Epidemic microclusters of blood-culture proven sepsis in very-low-birth weight infants: experience of the German Neonatal Network.

Epidemic microclusters of blood-culture proven sepsis in very-low-birth weight infants: experience of the German Neonatal Network.

INTRODUCTION: We evaluated blood culture-proven sepsis episodes occurring in microclusters in very-low-birth-weight infants born in the German Neonatal Network (GNN) during 2009-2010. METHODS: Thirty-seven centers participated in GNN; 23 centers enrolled ≥50 VLBW infants in the study period. Data qu...

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Main Authors: Christoph Härtel, Kirstin Faust, Stefan Avenarius, Bettina Bohnhorst, Michael Emeis, Corinna Gebauer, Peter Groneck, Friedhelm Heitmann, Thomas Hoehn, Mechthild Hubert, Angela Kribs, Helmut Küster, Reinhard Laux, Michael Mögel, Dirk Müller, Dirk Olbertz, Claudia Roll, Jens Siegel, Anja Stein, Matthias Vochem, Ursula Weller, Axel von der Wense, Christian Wieg, Jürgen Wintgens, Claudia Hemmelmann, Arne Simon, Egbert Herting, Wolfgang Göpel, German Neonatal Network (GNN)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3387163?pdf=render

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