Age and risk factors influence the microbial aetiology of bloodstream infection in children

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 182-186

  Luthander, Joachim ^a   Bennet, Rutger ^a   Giske, Christian G ^a   Nilsson, Anna ^a   Eriksson, Margareta ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Bloodstream infections; Children; Outcome; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCOCCUS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CANDIDEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872321206     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12077     Document Type: Article

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