Early-onset neutropenia is a risk factor for Candida colonization in very low-birth-weight neonates

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-83

  Manzoni, Paolo ^a   Farina, Daniele ^a   Monetti, Cesare ^a   Priolo, Claudio ^a   Leonessa, MariaLisa ^a   Giovannozzi, Chiara ^a   Gomirato, Giovanna ^a  

^a CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida; colonization; Neutropenia; Preterm neonate; rhGCSF

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY ONSET NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPENIA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33845446246     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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