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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 23(11): 689-92, 2002 Nov.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12452298
RESUMO
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.