Therapeutic Failure of the Ampicillin Plus Aminoglycoside Scheme in the Treatment of Early Neonatal Sepsis

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 546-547

  Reyna, Jesus ^a   Ortiz, Federico ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CITROBACTER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LETTER; NEWBORN SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; AMPICILLIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 44449094470     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2008.02.009     Document Type: Letter

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