A prospective study of the patterns and dynamics of colonization with Candida spp. in very low birth weight neonates

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 842-848

  Leibovitz, Eugene ^a,b   Livshiz Riven, Ilana ^a,b   Borer, Abraham ^a,b   Taraboulos Klein, Tali ^a,b   Zamir, Orly ^a   Shany, Eilon ^a,b   Melamed, Rimma ^a,b   Rimon, Orna Flidel ^c   Bradenstein, Rita ^c   Chodick, Gabriel ^d   Golan, Agneta ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Candida spp.; Colonization; Dynamics; Invasive fungal infection; Premature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDEMIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OROPHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CULTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; COHORT STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885904470     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2013.814150     Document Type: Article

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