Very low birth weight preterm infants with early onset neonatal sepsis: The predominance of Gram-negative infections continues in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network, 2002-2003

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 635-639

  Stoll, Barbara J ^a   Hansen, Nellie I ^b   Higgins, Rosemary D ^c   Fanaroff, Avroy A ^d   Duara, Shahnaz ^e   Goldberg, Ronald ^f   Laptook, Abbot ^g   Walsh, Michelle ^d   Oh, William ^g   Hale, Ellen ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early onset neonatal sepsis; Gram negative infections

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTETAN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BLOOD CULTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 22244462944     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000168749.82105.64     Document Type: Article

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