Nitric oxide levels in preterm and term infants and in premature infants with bacteremia

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 160-164

  Marom, D ^a   Yuhas, Y ^b   Sirota, L ^a   Livni, G ^a   Ashkenazi, S ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacteremia, preterm infants; Nitric oxide, term preterm infants; Preterm infants, bacteremia

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIRTH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 5644263676     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079375     Document Type: Article

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