Neonatal sepsis caused by ralstonia pickettii

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-

  Vitaliti, Salvino M ^a   Maggio, M Cristina ^a   Cipolla, Domenico ^a   Corsello, Giovanni ^a   Mammina, Caterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; MEROPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RALSTONIA PICKETTII; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEPSIS;

FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RALSTONIA PICKETTII; SEPSIS;

EID: 44949151817     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31816454b7     Document Type: Letter

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