Polymicrobial bloodstream infection in neonates: Microbiology, clinical characteristics, and risk factors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tsai, Ming Horng ^a,b,c   Chu, Shih Ming ^a,b   Hsu, Jen Fu ^a,b   Lien, Reyin ^a,b   Huang, Hsuan Rong ^a,b   Chiang, Ming Chou ^a,b   Fu, Ren Huei ^a,b   Lee, Chiang Wen ^c   Huang, Yhu Chering ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMICROBIAL BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84898015342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083082     Document Type: Article

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