Use of meropenem in preterm newborns survey of the literature and case series;L'uso del meropenem nel neonato prematuro: Revisione della letteratura e casistica clinica

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 755-760

  De Cunto, A ^a   Tana, M ^a   Vendettuoli, V ^a   Tirone, C ^a   Boccacci, S ^a   Vento, G ^a,b   Romagnoli, C ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti infective agents; Infant, newborn; Meropenem

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEPHALOSPORIN; MEROPENEM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EOSINOPHILIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS; VOMITING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THIENAMYCINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37049028753     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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