Changing spectrum of neonatal omphalitis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-26

  Sawardekar, Kiran P ^a,b  

^a NIZWA HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Oman)

Author keywords

Home births; Neonatal; Omphalitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OMAN; OMPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; OMAN; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0842347667     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000105200.18110.1e     Document Type: Article

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