Neonatal airway colonization with Gram-negative bacilli: Association with severity of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-23

  Cordero, Leandro ^a   Ayers, Leona W ^a   Davis, Kim ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

airway; Bacterial; bronchopulmonary dysplasia; colonization

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; LUNG SURFACTANT; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INFECTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031047568     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199701000-00005     Document Type: Article

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