Pattern of candidiasis in the newborn: A study from Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 174-180

  Al Essa, Mazen ^a   Khan, Ziauddin ^a   Rashwan, Nabil ^b   Kazi, Ahmed ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Buffy coats; Candidiasis; Laboratory diagnosis; Low birth weight; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CISAPRIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCYTOSINE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INDOMETACIN; THEOPHYLLINE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MYCOSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034515544     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054242     Document Type: Article

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