Can neutrophil responses in very low birth weight infants predict the organisms responsible for late-onset bacterial or fungal sepsis?

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 501-505

  Sarkar, S ^a   Bhagat, I ^b   Hieber, S ^a   Donn, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYCOSES; NEUTROPHILS; SEPSIS;

EID: 33746621686     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211554     Document Type: Article

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