Can fullterm and nearterm infants at risk for sepsis be managed safely without antibiotics?

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 589-592

  Garner, Alice McKnight ^a   Hodgman, Joan E ^b  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BLOOD EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CALIFORNIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 0033286371     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200272     Document Type: Note

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