Neonatal adrenal abscess revisited: The importance of raised inflammatory markers

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-66

  Ratnavel, Nandiran ^a   Farrer, Kate ^a   Sharland, Mike ^a   Chakraborty, Rana ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

DISEASE PREVALENCE;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE MARKER; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; SEPSIS;

ABSCESS; ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 14944340664     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532805X23399     Document Type: Article

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