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Nosocomial infection among children with symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infection
Ana Cristina Cisne Frota1, Rosana Maria Rangel Satos, Thalita Fernandes Abreu
1Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|November 28, 2002
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.