Disseminated Trichosporon spp infection in preterm newborns: A case report

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 459-461

  Pereira, Denise N ^a   Nader, Silvana S ^b   Nader, Paulo ^a   Martins, Patrícia G ^a   Furlan, Silvana P ^a   Hentges, Cláudia R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Low birth weight; Newborn infant; Premature infant; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; LUNG SURFACTANT; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FATALITY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; ILEOSTOMY; INTESTINE RESECTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MYCOSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TRICHOSPORON;

FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MYCOSES; TRICHOSPORON;

EID: 70350450655     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1923     Document Type: Article

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