Quick identification of febrile neonates with low risk for serious bacterial infection: An observational study

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Marom, R ^a   Sakran, W ^a,b   Antonelli, J ^b   Horovitz, Y ^b   Zarfin, Y ^b,c   Koren, A ^a,b   Miron, D ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Poriya Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CELLULITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 33846362257     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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