Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Newborns with Birth Weight Less Than 1500 Grams: Risk Factors and Causes

Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Newborns with Birth Weight Less Than 1500 Grams: Risk Factors and Causes

Low birth weight newborns (≤1500 grams) are at a high risk of acquiring hospital infections due to the immaturity of the immune system, lack of efficient structural barriers, and an incomplete development of endogenous microbial flora.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Folic Nevena, Djordjevic Zorana, Folic Marko, Markovic Slavica, Vuletic Biljana, Savic Dragana, Gajovic Olgica, Jankovic Slobodan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-12-01
Series:Serbian Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research
Subjects:
newborns
low birth weight
nosocomial infections
pneumonia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/sjecr-2016-0057

Internet

https://doi.org/10.1515/sjecr-2016-0057

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