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Nosocomial Infection Among Children With Symptomatic Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ana Cristina Cisne Frota ,
Rosana Maria Rangel Santos ,
Thalita Fernandes Abreu ,
Enaldo Góes Silva  and
Carmem Lúcia Pessoa-Silva
Ana Cristina Cisne Frota
Affiliation:
Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rosana Maria Rangel Santos
Affiliation:
Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Thalita Fernandes Abreu
Affiliation:
Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Enaldo Góes Silva
Affiliation:
Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Carmem Lúcia Pessoa-Silva*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*
Unité de Prévention et Contrôle de l'Infection – UPCI, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, 24, rue Micheli du Crest – CH-1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland
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Abstract

A prospective cohort study was conducted during a 15-month period to compare nosocomial infections (NIs) among pediatric patients without (n = 989) and with (n = 50) symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Patients with symptomatic HIV infection presented higher overall NI incidence density rates (relative risk, 1.65; P = .0001), and may represent a population at high risk for the acquisition of NI.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 11 , November 2002 , pp. 689 - 692
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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