Diagnosis of neonatal sepsis using universal primer polymerase chain reaction before and after starting antibiotic drug therapy

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-11

  Dutta, Sourabh ^a   Narang, Anil ^a   Chakraborty, Anuradha ^a   Ray, Pallab ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COHORT STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 61449098492     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.513     Document Type: Article

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