Etiology of neonatal blood stream infections in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-505

  Macharashvili, Nino ^a   Kourbatova, Ekaterina ^b   Butsashvili, Maia ^c   Tsertsvadze, Tengiz ^c   McNutt, Louise Anne ^d,e   Leonard, Michael K ^b  

^a AIDS   (Georgia)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Maternal and Child Care Union   (Georgia)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e TBILISI STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Blood stream infections; Neonatal; Republic of Georgia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CARBAPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 67349281677     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.08.020     Document Type: Article

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