Clinical significance of quantitative blood cultures in newborn infants

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 578-581

  Sabui, T ^a   Tudehope, D I ^a,b   Tilse, M ^a  

^a Mater Public Hospitals   (Australia)

^b Mater Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colony forming units; Neonate, septicaemia; Quantitative blood culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEPTICEMIA;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0032746269     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.1999.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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