Prevention of Candida colonization prevents infection in a neonatal unit

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-40

  Borderon, Jean Claude ^a   Therizol Ferly, M ^a   Saliba, E ^a   Laugier, J ^a   Quentin, R ^a  

^a Centre de Pediatrie Clocheville   (France)

Author keywords

Candida infections; Fungal colonization; Nosocomial infections; Nystatin

Indexed keywords

MICONAZOLE; NYSTATIN;

ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS INFECTION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FLORA; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BUTTOCKS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; MICONAZOLE; NYSTATIN;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

EID: 0043175364     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071441     Document Type: Article

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