Clinical significance of airways colonization with Ureaplasma urealyticum in premature (<34 wk) neonates

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 679-684

  Pandey, Anubhav ^a   Dhawan, Benu ^a   Gupta, Vikas ^a   Chaudhry, Rama ^a   Deorari, A K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic lung disease; Culture; Polymerase chain reaction; Preterm infants; Ureaplasma urealyticum

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ARTIFICIAL LUNG SURFACTANT; CEFTAZIDIME; DNA; METICILLIN; OXYGEN; STEROID;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CITROBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROAT CULTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEA; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 34547493733     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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