Purulence and Gram-negative bacilli in tracheal aspirates of mechanically ventilated very low birth weight infants

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 376-381

  Cordero, Leandro ^a   Sananes, Mercedes ^a   Dedhiya, Pali ^a   Ayers, Leona W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; GENTAMICIN; OXYGEN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD FLOW; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LABORATORY; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUTROPHIL; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRACHEA; TRACHEITIS; VENTILATOR; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BODY FLUIDS; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACHEA;

EID: 0034855217     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210549     Document Type: Article

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