Pathogen-specific mortality in very low birth weight infants with primary bloodstream infection.

Mortality in very low birth weight infants following microbiology confirmed primary bloodstream infections varies with the type of causative pathogen. Given evidence from other studies that infections with gram negative bacteria and fungi cause a higher case fatality risk. We tried to confirm this i...

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Main Authors: Brar C Piening, Christine Geffers, Petra Gastmeier, Frank Schwab
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5481023?pdf=render