Rapid clearance from the bloodstream of coagulase-negative staphylococci in infants with late-onset sepsis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 853-854

  Hemels, Marieke A C ^a   Verboon Maciolek, Malgorzata A ^a   Gerards, Leo J ^a   Krediet, Tannette G ^a   Fleer, André ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SEPSIS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 70249125479     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181b20ea9     Document Type: Letter

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