Bloodstream infections in pediatric patients

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1555-1561

  Babay, Hanan A ^a   Twum Danso, Kingsley ^a   Kambal, Abdelmageed M ^a   Al Otaibi, Fawzia E ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD DISEASE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PSEUDOMONAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 29144491753     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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