Should antibiotics be discontinued at 48 hours for negative late-onset sepsis evaluations in the neonatal intensive care unit?

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 445-447

  Kaiser, Jeffrey R ^a   Cassat, James E ^a   Lewno, Mary Jo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES; URINE CULTURE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; URINE;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; URINE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036708243     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210764     Document Type: Article

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