Predictors of neonatal sepsis in developing countries

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 711-716

  Weber, Martin W ^a,f   Carlin, John B ^b   Gatchalian, Salvacion ^c   Lehmann, Deborah ^d   Muhe, Lulu ^e   Mulholland, E Kim ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Department of Health   (Philippines)

^d PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Clinical signs; Developing countries; Neonatal sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0043238837     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000078163.80807.88     Document Type: Article

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