Peripherally inserted central catheters and the incidence of candidal sepsis in VLBW and ELBW infants: Is sepsis increased?

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-157

  Xia, Bin ^a   Tang, Jun ^a   Xiong, Ying ^a   Li, Xi Hong ^a   Mu, De Zhi ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Candidal sepsis; Extremely low birth weight; Peripherally inserted central catheters; Premature infants; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CANDIDIASIS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 77954652948     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-010-0030-5     Document Type: Article

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