Risk factors for candidemia in critically ill infants: a matched case-control study.

Objective: To determine risk factors for late-onset candidemia among infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Study Design: We performed a matched case-control study from March 2001 to January 2003 in 2 level III-IV NICUs. Case subjects had candidemia diagnosed more than 48 hours after hospitalization.

Attributable costs and length of stay of an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Objectives: To determine the costs of the interventions aimed at controlling the 4-month outbreak and to determine the attributable length of stay (LOS) associated with infection and colonization with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Design: A retrospective cost analysis was conducted from the hospital perspective. A micro-costing approach was employed.