Nosocomial fungemia in neonates associated with intravascular pressure-monitoring devices

Pediatric Infectious Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1986, Pages 680-685

  Solomon, Steven L ^a   Alexander, Holly ^c,d   Eley, John W ^a   Anderson, Roger L ^a   Goodpasture, Hewitt C ^d   Smart, Sharon ^c   Furman, Rita M ^b   Martone, William J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c WESLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; FUNGUS; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MONITORING; NEWBORN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 0022972458     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-198611000-00016     Document Type: Article

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