Empiric antifungal therapy and outcomes in extremely low birth weight infants with invasive candidiasis

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Greenberg, Rachel G ^a   Benjamin Jr , Daniel K ^a   Gantz, Marie G ^b   Cotten, C Michael ^a   Stoll, Barbara J ^c   Walsh, Michele C ^d   Sánchez, Pablo J ^e   Shankaran, Seetha ^f   Das, Abhik ^b   Higgins, Rosemary D ^g   Miller, Nancy A ^e   Auten, Kathy J ^a   Walsh, Thomas J ^h   Laptook, Abbot R ⁱ   Carlo, Waldemar A ^j   Kennedy, Kathleen A ^k   Finer, Neil N ^l   Duara, Shahnaz ^m   Schibler, Kurt ⁿ   Ehrenkranz, Richard A ^o   Van Meurs, Krisa P ^p   Frantz III, Ivan D ^q   Phelps, Dale L ^r   Poindexter, Brenda B ^s   Bell, Edward F ^t   O'Shea, T Michael ^u   Watterberg, Kristi L ^v   Goldberg, Ronald N ^a   Smith, P Brian ^a   more..

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^p STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^q TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^s INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^u WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE;

ANTIFUNGAL THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84864287628     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.01.053     Document Type: Article

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