Prevalence of Candida colonization in preterm newborns and VLBW in neonatal intensive care unit: Role of maternal colonization as a risk factor in transmission of disease

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 789-795

  Ali, Gihan Yousef ^a   Algohary, Eglal Hussein S S ^a   Rashed, Khalid Ahmed ^b   Almoghanum, Mohammed ^c   Khalifa, Azza Abdelrahman ^d  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Neonatal Intensive Care Unit   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Maternal and Child Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Colonization; Extremely low birth weight; Neonatal intensive care unit; Preterm

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; UMBILICUS; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861078975     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.622005     Document Type: Article

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