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Pediatric Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Associated with Healthcare-Associated Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2015

Sarah B. Klieger ,
Julie C. Fitzgerald ,
Scott L. Weiss ,
Fran Balamuth ,
Eva Teszner ,
Julia S. Sammons  and
Susan E. Coffin
Sarah B. Klieger*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Julie C. Fitzgerald
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Scott L. Weiss
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fran Balamuth
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Eva Teszner
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Prevention and Control, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Julia S. Sammons
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Infection Prevention and Control, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Susan E. Coffin
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Infection Prevention and Control, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
*
Address correspondence to: Sarah B. Klieger, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 3535 Market Street, Suite 1519, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 (klieger@email.chop.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , April 2016 , pp. 483 - 485
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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