A cluster of early neonatal sepsis and pneumonia caused by nontypable haemophilus influenzae

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1061-1062

  Hershckowitz, Sylvia ^a   Elisha, Mordechai Ben ^a   Fleisher Sheffer, Vered ^a   Barak, Mila ^a   Kudinsky, Raya ^a   Weintraub, Zalman ^a  

^a Nahariya Hospital Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

Neonatal sepsis; Nontypable haemophilus influenzae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE D; HUMAN; INFANT; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISRAEL; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL; TIME;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; ISRAEL; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16544375104     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000143650.52692.42     Document Type: Article

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