Nosocomial sepsis-induced late onset thrombocytopenia in a neonatal tertiary care unit: A prospective study

Hematology/ Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 349-353

  Charoo, Bashir Ahmad ^a,b   Iqbal, Javeed ^a   Iqbal, Qazi ^a   Mushtaq, Sheikh ^a   Bhat, Abdul Wahid ^a   Nawaz, Imtiyaz ^a  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; ONSET AGE; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ADULT; COMPLICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MORBIDITY; PLATELET COUNT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 77953663495     PISSN: 16583876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1658-3876(09)50024-6     Document Type: Article

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