Presumed and definite bacteremia in extremely low gestational age newborns

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-41

  Patel, Sonal ^a   Dammann, Olaf ^a,b,c   Martin, Camilia R ^d   Allred, Elizabeth N ^c   Leviton, Alan ^c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c Children's Boston Hospital   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant; Risk; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; OXYGENATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; RISK; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650146833     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01963.x     Document Type: Article

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