A study of the role of multiple site blood cultures in the evaluation of neonatal sepsis

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-22

  Sarkar, Subratas ^a,c   Bhagat, I ^c   DeCristofaro, J D ^c   Wiswell, T E ^c   Spitzer, A R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Neonatal sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD VOLUME; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN SEPSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANDIDA; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 31344468589     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211410     Document Type: Article

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