Is lumbar puncture necessary for evaluation of early neonatal sepsis?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1033-1035

  Ray, B ^a   Mangalore, J ^b   Harikumar, C ^b   Tuladhar, A ^b  

^a Paediatrics   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; BLOOD CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SEPSIS; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 33845257059     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.105106     Document Type: Note

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