Use of once-daily netilmicin to treat infants with suspected sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 170-175

  Brooks, J R ^a   Marlow, N ^b   Reeves, B C ^c   Millar, M R ^d,e  

^a Department of Child Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aminoglycosides once daily; Neonatal intensive care unit; Netilmicin

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CREATININE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

AGING; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUDIOLOGY; BODY WEIGHT; CREATININE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NETILMICIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 5644227371     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079423     Document Type: Article

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