Changes in newborn bathing practices may increase the risk for omphalitis

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 763-767

  Simon, Neal P ^a,c   Simon, Michael W ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BATH; CASE REPORT; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; OMPHALITIS; SKIN CARE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UMBILICAL CORD;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BATHS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROFLAVINE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 5444257621     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280404300812     Document Type: Article

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