Nosocomial enterococcal bacteremia in children [5]

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 445-446

  Bilikova, E ^a   Babela, R ^a   Krcmery, V ^a  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037315730     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.2.445-a     Document Type: Letter

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