Sepsis in the newborn

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1143-1147

  Aggarwal, Rajiv ^a   Sarkar, Nupur ^a   Deorari, Ashok K ^a   Paul, Vinod K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Neonatal mortality; Risk factors; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEVER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MECONIUM; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0035707561     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02722932     Document Type: Review

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