Pantoea agglomerans bloodstream infection in preterm neonates

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 500-503

  Aly, Nasser Yehia A ^a,b   Salmeen, Hadeel N ^c   Lila, Reda A Abo ^b   Nagaraja, Prem A ^b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infection; Pantoea agglomerans; Preterm neonates

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PREMATURITY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PANTOEA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 53549095969     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151575     Document Type: Article

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