Distinguishing true coagulase-negative Staphylococcus infections from contaminants in the neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-58

  Healy, C M ^a,b   Baker, C J ^a,b   Palazzi, D L ^a,b   Campbell, J R ^a,b   Edwards, M S ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Woman's Hospital of Texas   (United States)

Author keywords

blood culture contaminants; coagulase negative Staphylococcus; lateonset sepsis; neonate; sepsis

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; GASTRIC RESIDUAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION RISK; LETHARGY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; COAGULASE; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84871724700     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2012.36     Document Type: Article

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