Epidemic microclusters of blood-culture proven sepsis in very-low-birth weight infants: Experience of the german neonatal network

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Härtel, Christoph ^a   Faust, Kirstin ^a   Avenarius, Stefan ^b   Bohnhorst, Bettina ^c   Emeis, Michael ^d   Gebauer, Corinna ^e   Groneck, Peter ^f   Heitmann, Friedhelm ^g   Hoehn, Thomas ^h   Hubert, Mechthild ⁱ   Kribs, Angela ^j   Küster, Helmut ^k   Laux, Reinhard ^l   Mögel, Michael ^m   Müller, Dirk ⁿ   Olbertz, Dirk ^o   Roll, Claudia ^p   Siegel, Jens ^q   Stein, Anja ^r   Vochem, Matthias ^s   Weller, Ursula ^t   von der Wense, Axel ^u   Wieg, Christian ^v   Wintgens, Jürgen ^w   Hemmelmann, Claudia ^a   Simon, Arne ^x   Herting, Egbert ^a   Göpel, Wolfgang ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f KLINIKUM LEVERKUSEN   (Germany)

^g KLINIKUM DORTMUND   (Germany)

^h HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ Department of Neonatology Klinikum Siegen   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^l ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

^m DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁿ KLINIKUM KASSEL   (Germany)

^o Department of Neonatology Südtstadt Klinik Rostock   (Germany)

^p Department of Neonatology Vestische Klinik   (Germany)

^q Department of Neonatology Krankenhaus Aud der Bult   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^s OLGAHOSPITAL   (Germany)

^t Klinikum Bielefeld   (Germany)

^u Altonaer Kinderkrankenhaus   (Germany)

^v KLINIKUM ASCHAFFENBURG   (Germany)

^w Department of Neonatology Städtisches Klinikum Rheydt   (Germany)

^x SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CESAREAN SECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; SEPSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; ENTEROCOCCUS; KLEBSIELLA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84863109049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038304     Document Type: Article

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