Neonatal candidiasis: Epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical judgment

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Benjamin Jr , Daniel K ^a   Stoll, Barbara J ^b   Gantz, Marie G ^c   Walsh, Michele C ^d   Sánchez, Pablo J ^e   Das, Abhik ^c   Shankaran, Seetha ^f   Higgins, Rosemary D ^g   Auten, Kathy J ^a   Miller, Nancy A ^e   Walsh, Thomas J ^h   Laptook, Abbot R ⁱ   Carlo, Waldemar A ^j   Kennedy, Kathleen A ^k   Finer, Neil N ^l   Duara, Shahnaz ^m   Schibler, Kurt ⁿ   Chapman, Rachel L ^o   Van Meurs, Krisa P ^p   Frantz III, Ivan D ^q   Phelps, Dale L ^r   Poindexter, Brenda B ^s   Bell, Edward F ^t   O'Shea, T Michael ^u   Watterberg, Kristi L ^v   Goldberg, Ronald N ^a   more..

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^p STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^q TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^s INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^u WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Candidiasis; Premature infant; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LIPID EMULSION; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; URINE CULTURE; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREMATURITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77957708523     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3412     Document Type: Article

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