Duration of empiric antibiotics for suspected early-onset sepsis in extremely low birth weight infants

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 662-666

  Cordero, Leandro ^a,b   Ayers, Leona W ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPHOTERICIN; AMPICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 0141484565     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502270     Document Type: Article

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