Prophylactic oral nystatin for preterm babies under 33 weeks' gestation decreases fungal colonisation and invasive fungaemia

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Ganesan, K ^a   Harigopal, S ^a   Neal, T ^b   Yoxall, C W ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NYSTATIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGEMIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NYSTATIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649671727     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.145359     Document Type: Article

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