Young infant sepsis: aetiology, antibiotic susceptibility and clinical signs

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 959-966

  Newton, Opiyo ^a   English, Mike ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Antibiotics; Bacterial infection; Infant; Sepsis; Signs

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BLOOD CULTURE; BREATHING DISORDER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD CARE; CHILDBIRTH; CITROBACTER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEEDING DISORDER; FEVER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KLEBSIELLA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SCORING SYSTEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREAT; URBAN AREA;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEPSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34548243248     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.05.005     Document Type: Review

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