Early-onset bacterial infection in Brazilian neonates with respiratory distress: A hospital-based study

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-11

  Mussi Pinhata, Marisa M ^a   Nobre, Rivianny A ^a   Martínez, Francisco Eulógio ^a   Jorge, Salim Moyses ^a   Silveira Ferlin, Maria Lúcia ^a   Lopes Gonçalves, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AMNIONITIS; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GESTATION PERIOD; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1242321104     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/50.1.6     Document Type: Article

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