Hepatic abscesses associated with umbilical catheterisation in two neonates

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 406-409

  Moens, Els ^a   De Dooy, Jozef ^a   Jansens, Hilde ^b   Lammens, Christine ^b   Op De Beeck, Bart ^c   Mahieu, Ludo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abscess; Liver; Neonate; Umbilical catheterisation

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOTAXIME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0037605932     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-003-1178-y     Document Type: Article

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