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Hospital-acquired infections in paediatric medical wards at a tertiary hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Kevin B. SpicerDepartment of Health, Grey’s Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa;Department of Paediatrics, Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Hospitals Complex, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa;Department of Paediatrics, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa;Department of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Diseases at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USACorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Jennifer GreenDepartment of Health, Grey’s Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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Barnesh DhadaDepartment of Health, Grey’s Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa;Department of Paediatrics, Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Hospitals Complex, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa;Department of Paediatrics, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Pages 53-59 | Received 29 Nov 2016, Accepted 21 Feb 2017, Published online: 16 Mar 2017

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Anne L Armour, Mark E Patrick, Zelda Reddy, Wilbert Sibanda, Logandran Naidoo & Kevin B Spicer. (2018) Healthcare-associated infection in the Grey’s Hospital paediatric intensive care unit: does an Infection Control Programme work?. Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases 0:0, pages 1-5.
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S T Hlophe, P M Jeena, Y Mahabeer, O R Ajayi, N P Govender, R E Ogunsakin & R Masekela. (2022) Invasive fungal infections in a paediatric intensive care unit in a lower- middle-income country. African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine, pages 104-108.
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N. Izadi, B. Eshrati, K. Etemad, Y. Mehrabi & S.-S. Hashemi-Nazari. (2020) Rate of the incidence of hospital-acquired infections in Iran based on the data of the national nosocomial infections surveillance. New Microbes and New Infections 38, pages 100768.
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Rasha H. Hassan, Heba Eldegla, Fikry Elmorsy & Waleed M. Eldars. (2017) Clinical and microbiological characteristics of healthcare-associated infections in a tertiary care pediatric hospital. Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 65:4, pages 127-131.
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