Epidemiology of systemic candidiasis in a tertiary care neonatal unit

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 104-108

  Narang, Anil ^a   Agrawal, Pankaj B ^a   Chakrabarti, A ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APNEA; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LETHARGY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; ONSET AGE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STOMACH SUCTION; URINALYSIS; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0031919722     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.2.104     Document Type: Article

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