Surveillance of multidrug-resistant bacteria in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Mouta Nunes de Oliveira, Patrícia; Nogueira Buonora, Sibelle; Letícia Passos Souza, Cristina; Simões Júnior, Robinson; Carolina da Silva, Thais; José Teixeira Bom, Gabriel; Henrique da Silva Teixeira, Caio; Ricardo Araújo da Silva, André

doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0205-2019

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Surveillance of multidrug-resistant bacteria in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Published in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical • Jan 1, 2019

Authors:

Patrícia Mouta Nunes de Oliveira

Sibelle Nogueira Buonora

Cristina Letícia Passos Souza

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Multi-drug-resistant bacteria surveillance (MDR) systems are used to identify the epidemiology of MDR bacteria in neonates and children. This study aimed to describe the patterns by which MDR bacteria colonize and infect neonatal (NICU) and pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patients...

Subject

Bacteria

Neonatal intensive care unit

Intensive care

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