Mortality due to bloodstream infections and necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 235-240

  Schwab, Frank ^a   Zibell, Rahel ^a   Piening, Brar ^a   Geffers, Christine ^a   Gastmeier, Petra ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infection; Mortality; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Neonatal intensive care unit; Very low birth weight infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FACTUAL DATABASE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 84924234827     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000532     Document Type: Article

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