Late onset sepsis and intestinal bacterial colonization in very low birth weight infants receiving long-term parenteral nutrition Sepse de ataque tardio e colonização bacteriana intestinal em neonatos de muito baixo peso recebendo nutrição parenteral total

• 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 in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011
• Subjects: Neonatos; Colonização bacteriana intestinal; Sepse tardia; Muito baixo peso; Infants; Intestinal bacterial colonization; Late onset sepsis; Very low birth weight; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Sob’
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/75db6ac68ab6436795f6f1ad449af88d

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...