The etiology of neonatal sepsis and patterns of antibiotic resistance

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 449-452

  Waheed, Maryam ^a   Laeeq, Akmal ^a   Maqbool, Sajid ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Microorganisms; Neonatal mortality; Neonatal sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEPSIS;

EID: 0042383165     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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