Open AccessBactericidal Activity Against Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Is Impaired in Infants Receiving Long-Term Parenteral Nutrition
Author(s) -
Yasuhiro Okada,
Nigel Klein,
H. K. F. van Saene,
G J Webb,
Helen Holzel,
Agostino Pierro
Publication year - 2000
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 - 10.1097/00000658-200002000-00018
Subject(s) - coagulase , medicine , parenteral nutrition , phagocytosis , enteral administration , staphylococcus , antibiotics , immunity , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , immune system , physiology , staphylococcus aureus , biology , bacteria , genetics
To examine the role of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) in predisposing infants to infection caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci.