A five-year review of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia in children hospitalized at a single center in southern China

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Qingli ^a,b   Smith, Jennifer C ^c   Zhu, Qiujiao ^a   Guo, Zhongqin ^d   MacDonald, Noni E ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; China; Hospitalized children; Nosocomial infection; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREALBUMIN; SULPERAZON;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; FATALITY; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEUTROPENIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SHOCK; SKIN DEFECT; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864384275     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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