Bacterial and Ureaplasma Colonization of the Airway: Radiologic Findings in Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 428-433

  Cordero, Leandro ^a   Coley, Brian D ^b   Miller, Robert L ^b   Mueller, Charles F ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHARYNX; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHARYNX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0031261880     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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