Late-Onset Enterobacter cloacae Sepsis in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Neonates: Experience in a Medical Center

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-7

  Chen, Hsiao Neng ^a,b   Lee, Meng Luen ^a   Yu, Wai Kit ^a   Lin, Yue Wen ^a   Tsao, Lon Yen ^a  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Central Taiwan University of Sciences and Technology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Enterobacter cloacae; sepsis; very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APNEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; EXPERIENCE; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGITIS; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; SEPSIS; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BREAST FEEDING; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 64149112037     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60022-X     Document Type: Article

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