Rhodotorula mucilaginosa outbreak in neonatal intensive care unit: Microbiological features, clinical presentation, and analysis of related variables

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-196

  Perniola, R ^a   Faneschi, M L ^a   Manso, E ^b   Pizzolante, M ^a   Rizzo, A ^a   Sticchi Damiani, A ^a   Longo, R ^a  

^a VITO FAZZI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MALE; MYCOSIS; NEWBORN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RHODOTORULA; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MYCOSES; RHODOTORULA;

EID: 33645086624     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0114-2     Document Type: Article

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