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PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
Volume 26, Issue 12, Pages 1153-1156Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31814619d4
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neonatal infection; gram-negative bloodstream infection; late-onset sepsis; NICU; gastrointestinal
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- NCRR NIH HHS [K12-RR017648] Funding Source: Medline
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We report a pilot study testing the hypothesis that Gram-negative bacilli colonizing the gastrointestinal tracts of infants with birth weights <1500 g are the source of subsequent bloodstream infections. Ninety-five percent (18 of 19) of paired bloodstream infection or antecedent rectal cultures were genotypically concordant. The gastrointestinal tract is the reservoir for most cases of Gram-negative sepsis in this population.
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