Genetic Screening for Susceptibility to Infection in the NICU Setting

Pediatric Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 546-548

  Levy, Ofer ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CD14 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MESSENGER RNA; TEICOPLANIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; VANCOMYCIN;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 1642447973     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000112161.48023.86     Document Type: Note

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