Clinical Significance in Previously Healthy Children of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Stool

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-17

  Cheng, Ya Lin ^a   Lee, Hung Chang ^a,b   Yeung, Chun Yan ^a   Chan, Wai Taow ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

children; feces; gastrointestinal; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ANEMIA; ANUS DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON PERFORATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

BACTEREMIA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 64149098214     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60024-3     Document Type: Article

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