Evaluation of nosocomial blood stream infections caused by pseudomonas species in newborns

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 615-620

  Erol, Sara ^a   Zenciroǧlu, Ayşeg̈ul ^a   Dilli, Dilek ^a   Okumuş, Nurullah ^a   Aydin, Mustafa ^a   G̈ol, Neşe ^a   Erdem, Fikriye ^a   Tanir, Gön̈ul ^a  

^a Dr Sami Ulus Maternity and Children Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Newborn; Nosocomial blood stream infections; Pseudomonas species

Indexed keywords

IMIPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UMBILICAL CATHETERIZATION;

BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 84898853056     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2013.130325     Document Type: Article

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