Neonatal sepsis 1991-2001: Prevalent bacterial agents and antimicrobial susceptibilities in Bahrain

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-136

  Bindayna, Khalid M ^a   Jamsheer, Afaf ^b   Farid, Eman ^b   Botta, Giuseppe A ^a,b,c  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Group B streptococci; Neonatal sepsis, Bahrain; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BAHRAIN; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BAHRAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 32944473076     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090918     Document Type: Review

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