Neonatal sepsis: The antibiotic crisis

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-13

  Isaacs, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLOXACILLIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METICILLIN; NETILMICIN; OXACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; EDITORIAL; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATOLOGY; SEPSIS;

EID: 12744263373     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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