Bloodstream infections and antimicrobial resistance patterns in a South African neonatal intensive care unit

Paediatrics and International Child Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 108-114

  Morkel, G ^a   Bekker, A ^a   Marais, B J ^a   Kirsten, G ^a   van Wyk, J ^a   Dramowski, A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Bloodstream infection; Healthcare associated infection; Neonatal intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COLISTIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; FUNGI; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899795280     PISSN: 20469047     EISSN: 20469055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2046905513Y.0000000082     Document Type: Article

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