Risk factors for Enterobacter septicemia in a neonatal unit: Case- control study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1204-1209

  Fok, Tai Fai ^a   Lee, Cheuk Hon ^b   Wong, Eric M C ^b   Lyon, Donald J ^b   Wong, William ^b   Ng, Pak Cheong ^b   Cheung, Kam Lau ^b   Cheng, Augustine F B ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH INTUBATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UMBILICAL ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VIET NAM;

EID: 2442722913     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514974     Document Type: Article

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