Clinical spectrum and outcomes of neonatal candidiasis in a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 216-223

  Ariff, Shabina ^a   Saleem, Ali Faisal ^a   Soofi, Sajid Bashir ^a   Sajjad, Reema ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Blood stream infections; BSI; C. albicans; Candida; Candidaemia; Neonatal intensive care unit; NICU; Very low birth weight; VLBW

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CLOXACILLIN; CREATININE; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; POTASSIUM;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA GUILIERMONDIL; CANDIDA HUMICOLA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PEDICULOSA; CANDIDA RUGOSA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDEMIA; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GASTRIC SUCTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTUBATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LETHARGY; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT DURATION; URINE CULTURE; URINE VOLUME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 79954609501     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1232     Document Type: Article

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