Platelet count and neonatal sepsis: A high prevalence of Enterobacter spp.

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 482-485

  Torkaman, M ^a,b   Afsharpaiman, Shahla H ^a,b   Hoseini, M J ^b,c   Moradi, M ^a   Mazraati, A ^a   Amirsalari, S ^a,b   Kavehmanesh, Z ^a,b  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Department of Neonatology ^*

^c Molecular and Biology Research Center

Author keywords

Enterobacter spp.; Neonatal infection; Neonatal sepsis; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEPSIS; SINGAPORE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA, NEONATAL ALLOIMMUNE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA COLLECTION; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SINGAPORE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA, NEONATAL ALLOIMMUNE;

EID: 67149091200     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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