Strategies for the prevention of neonatal candidiasis

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-89

  Leibovitz, Eugene ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

birth weight; Candida spp.; colonization; fluconazole; infants; invasive fungal infections

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; NYSTATIN; PLACEBO;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG SAFETY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; HIGH RISK INFANT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEONATAL CANDIDIASIS; PREMATURITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEPSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NYSTATIN;

EID: 84859775488     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2012.01.004     Document Type: Review

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