The gastrointestinal tract serves as the reservoir for Gram-negative pathogens in very low birth weight infants

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1153-1156

  Graham III, Philip L ^a,b,c   Della Latta, Phyllis ^a   Wu, Fann ^a   Zhou, Juyan ^a   Saiman, Lisa ^a,b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal; Gram negative bloodstream infection; Late onset sepsis; Neonatal infection; NICU

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 36549062095     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31814619d4     Document Type: Article

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