Evaluation of neonatal sepsis screening in a tropical area part II: Evaluation of intrapartum chemoprophylaxis protocol

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-41

  Robillard, Pierre Yves ^a,b,c   Hulsey, T C ^a,b   Perez J M ^a,b   Perianin J ^a,b   Gallais, A ^a,b   Janky, E ^a,b  

^a Neonatalogy   (France)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Centre Hospitalier Sud Reunion   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; GUADELOUPE; HUMAN; LABOR; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHEMOPREVENTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; GUADELOUPE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0035288259     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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