Is thrombocytopenia suggestive of organism-specific response in neonatal sepsis?

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-210

  Manzoni, Paolo ^a,c   Mostert, Michael ^b   Galletto, Paolo ^a   Gastaldo, Luca ^a   Gallo, Elena ^a   Agriesti, Giovanni ^a   Farina, Daniele ^a  

^a Sant'Anna Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida; Neonate; Preterm; Sepsis; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CANDIDIASIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 63749083957     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02689.x     Document Type: Article

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