Subgaleal abscess and E. coli septicemia following scalp electrode in a preterm newborn: A case report

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1201-1203

  Onyeama, Charles O ^a   Srinivasan, Hari ^a   Lotke, Michael ^a   Vickers, Dennis L ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal electrode, scalp abscess; Neonatal Escherichia coli sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACITRACIN; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN B; POVIDONE IODINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FETUS MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MONITORING; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETREATMENT; SCALP; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN ELECTRODE; SUBGALEAL ABSCESS; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM EXTRACTION; WOUND CARE;

ABSCESS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PREGNANCY; SCALP; SEPSIS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949147289     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903042553     Document Type: Article

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