Serious community-acquired neonatal infections in rural Southeast Asia (Bohol Island, Philippines)

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-119

  Quiambao, B P ^a   Simoes, E A F ^b   Ladesma, E A ^c   Gozum, L S ^a   Lupisan, S P ^a   Sombrero, L T ^a   Romano, V ^d   Ruutu, P J ^e  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital   (Philippines)

^d PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Philippines)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEPSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHILIPPINES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846688456     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211633     Document Type: Article

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