Epidemiology and clinical outcome of candidaemia among Jordanian newborns over a 10-year period

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-144

  Badran, Eman F ^a   Al Baramki, Jumana H ^a   Al Shamyleh, Abdulqader ^a   Shehabi, Asem ^a   Khuri Bulos, Najwa ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; LIPID EMULSION; MICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JORDAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; JORDAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38149101742     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701477550     Document Type: Article

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