Fungal colonization in newborn babies of very low birth weight: A cohort study

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 211-216

  Pinhat, Elisa C ^a   Borba, Mayla G S ^a   Ferreira, Marina L ^a   Ferreira, Marilisa A ^a   Fernandes, Rafaela K ^a   Nicolaou, Stephanie K ^a   Okamoto, Cristina T ^b   Neto, Carlos F O ^c  

^a POSITIVO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL PEQUENO PRÍNCIPE   (Brazil)

^c Hospital do Trabalhador   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Candidemia; Candidiasis; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDEMIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MALE; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NOSE MUCOSA; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM MUCOSA; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BRAZIL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84864296624     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.2192     Document Type: Article

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