Non-pathogenic bacterial flora may inhibit colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in extremely low birth weight infants

Neonatology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 158-161

  Shimizu, Akiko ^a   Shimizu, Kenji ^a   Nakamura, Tomohiko ^a  

^a NAGANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extremely low birth weight infants; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Non pathogenic bacterial flora

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOUTH CAVITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOUTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 41349103950     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108413     Document Type: Article

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