A comparison of neonatal Gram-negative rod and Gram-positive cocci meningitis

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-114

  Smith, P B ^a,b   Cotten, C M ^a   Garges, H P ^a   Tiffany, K F ^a   Lenfestey, R W ^a   Moody, M A ^a   Li, J S ^a,b   Benjamin Jr , Danny K ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cerebrospinal fluid; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COAGULASE; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PUNCTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646113181     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211438     Document Type: Article

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