Sepsis in the newborn

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-266

  Sankar, M Jeeva ^a   Agarwal, Ramesh ^a   Deorari, Ashok K ^a   Paul, Vinod K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Infections; Newborn; Sepsis screen

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG CHOICE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; MENINGITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PSEUDOMONAS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEIZURE; SEPTICEMIA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINE CULTURE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 44049090558     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-008-0056-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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