Vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteremia and necrotizing enterocolitis in a preterm neonate [3]

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 943-944

  Raskind, Craig H ^a   Dembry, Louise Marie ^b,c   Gallagher, Patrick G ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; APGAR SCORE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DEATH; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; JEJUNOSTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PERITONEAL FLUID; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 26944494088     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000180987.00122.5d     Document Type: Letter

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