When Should You Initiate Acyclovir Therapy in a Neonate?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-156

  Kimberlin, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDITORIAL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 47049096763     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.04.027     Document Type: Editorial

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