Distinctive distribution of pathogens associated with peritonitis in neonates with focal intestinal perforation compared with necrotizing enterocolitis

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Coates, Eric W ^a   Karlowicz, M Gary ^b   Croitoru, Daniel P ^b   Buescher, E Stephen ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal intestinal perforation; Infant; Microbiology; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANDIDA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PATHOGENICITY; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; X RAY; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CANDIDA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; PERITONITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 33644633064     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2537     Document Type: Article

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