Clostridia in premature neonates' gut: Incidence, antibiotic susceptibility, and perinatal determinants influencing colonization

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ferraris, Laurent ^a   Butel, Marie José ^a   Campeotto, Florence ^a   Vodovar, Michel ^b   Rozé, Jean Christophe ^c   Aires, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Institut de Puericulture   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERTAPENEM; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; JOSAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE FLORA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CLOSTRIDIUM; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTEROIDES; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM SP.;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL LOAD; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856266078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030594     Document Type: Article

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