A prospective study of gram-negative bacteremia in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-122

  Levy, Itzhak ^a,b   Leibovici, Leonaed ^a   Drucker, Moshe ^a   Samra, Zmira ^a   Konisberger, Hana ^a   Ashkenazi, Shai ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic resistance; bacteremia; Gram negative bacteria; sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ADOLESCENT; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030024927     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199602000-00006     Document Type: Article

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