Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 3-7 , February 2009

Late-Onset Enterobacter cloacae Sepsis in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Neonates: Experience in a Medical Center

  • Hsiao-Neng Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
    • Colleges of Management, Central Taiwan University of Technology and Science, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Changhua Christian Hospital, 135 Nansiau Street, Changhua 500, Taiwan
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  • Meng-Luen Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wai-Kit Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yue-Wen Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Lon-Yen Tsao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

Received 27 February 2008 ,Revised 23 May 2008 ,Accepted 1 August 2008.

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PII: S1875-9572(09)60022-X

doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60022-X

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 3-7 , February 2009

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