Fungal and bacterial sepsis and threshold ROP in preterm very low birth weight neonates

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-30

  Manzoni, Paolo ^a   Maestri, A ^a   Leonessa, M ^a   Mostert, M ^b   Farina, D ^a   Gomirato, G ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera OIRM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida; Extremely low birth weiht; Infant; NICU; Preterm; Retinopathy of prematurity; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CANDIDIASIS; COHORT STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 31344472722     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211420     Document Type: Article

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