Usefulness of surveillance cultures in neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 220-223

  Elerian, Lamia F ^a   Sparks, John W ^a   Meyer, Tory A ^b   Zwischenberger, Jay B ^c   Doski, John ^d   Goretsky, Michael J ^b   Warner, Brad W ^b   Cheu, Henry W ^d   Lally, Kevin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELL CULTURE; MICROORGANISMS; NEONATAL MONITORING;

EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION (ECHMO);

PATHOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0035023970     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-200105000-00012     Document Type: Article

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