Nosocomial candida infections and thrombocytopenia in very low birth weight newborns;Infecciones nosocomiales por Candida y trombocitopenia en recién nacidos de muy bajo peso

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 544-547

  Torres Claveras, S ^a   Dupla Arenaz, M ^a   Perez Delgado R ^a   Aliaga Mazas, Y ^a   Rebage Moises V ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida; Late onset sepsis; Newborn; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FUNGEMIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 36849026563     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: 16959531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13113014     Document Type: Article

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