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BEGUE DALMAU, Nuris et al. Clinical and epidemiological characterization of the infections associated with the health care in children and adolescents. MEDISAN [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.1, pp. 4-9. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross sectional study of 43 patients under 19 years, with infections associated with the health care, admitted in "Juan B. Viñas González" Teaching General Hospital from Palma Soriano was carried out in Santiago de Cuba province, during the period 2011-2013, with the objective of characterizing them from the clinical and epidemiological point of view. The data were processed by means of the statistical program SPSS, version 11.0 and the percentage was used as summary measure for qualitative variables. In the series the newborns, the previous use of antimicrobials, as well as the infections in the airways prevailed; also, the services of Respiratory Diseases and of Intensive Therapy, turned out to be those of higher infection rate

Palavras-chave : children; adolescents; nosocomial infection; health care.

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