Trends in neonatal septicemia: Emergence of non-albicans Candida

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 712-715

  Agarwal, Jyotsna ^a   Bansal, Seema ^a   Malik, G K ^a   Jain, Amita ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Candida species; Candidemia; Neonatal ICU; Neonatal septicemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CANDIDA; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3342927706     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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