Late onset sepsis and intestinal bacterial colonization in very low birth weight infants receiving long-term parenteral nutrition

Late onset sepsis and intestinal bacterial colonization in very low birth weight infants receiving long-term parenteral nutrition

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to establish the late onset sepsis (LOS) rate of our service, characterize the intestinal microbiota and evaluate a possible association between gut flora and sepsis in surgical infants who were receiving parenteral nutrition (PN). METHODS: Surveillance cu...

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Main Authors: Priscila Castro Cordeiro Fernandes, Elias Jose Oliveira von Dolinger, Vânia Olivetti Steffen Abdallah, Daiane Silva Resende, Paulo Pinto Gontijo Filho, Denise von Dolinger de Brito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011-08-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Neonatos
Colonização bacteriana intestinal
Sepse tardia
Muito baixo peso
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822011000400009&lng=en&tlng=en

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