Open AccessClinical Impact of Abnormal Gut Flora in Infants Receiving Parenteral Nutrition
Author(s) -
Agostino Pierro,
H. K. F. van Saene,
Matthew Jones,
David E. Brown,
Anthony J Nunn,
David Lloyd
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199804000-00016
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , carriage , flora (microbiology) , incidence (geometry) , gastroenterology , prospective cohort study , skin flora , blood culture , parenteral nutrition , surgery , antibiotics , bacteria , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , physics , optics , genetics
Illness is associated with the carriage of abnormal flora (aerobic Gram-bacilli except E. coli) in the oropharynx and rectum. The aim of this study was to investigate whether carriage of abnormal flora is associated with increased risk of sepsis and septicemia in surgical newborn infants.