Neonatal sepsis: An international perspective

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Vergnano, S ^a   Sharland, M ^b   Kazembe, P ^c   Mwansambo, C ^c   Heath, P T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTISEPSIS; ASPHYXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CITROBACTER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NEWBORN TETANUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 17844365856     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2002.022863     Document Type: Review

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