Nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii infection in children in adult versus pediatric intensive care units.

Beom Joon Kim Kyunghoon Kim Jong-Seo Yoon

Published in: Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society (2020)

Pediatric patients treated in a PICU had a lower rate and incidence density of A. baumannii nosocomial infection than those treated in adult ICUs, suggesting that PICUs provide better infection control for children than adult ICUs.

Keyphrases

acinetobacter baumannii
multidrug resistant
drug resistant
pseudomonas aeruginosa
young adults
intensive care unit
childhood cancer
risk factors
klebsiella pneumoniae
methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
escherichia coli