Epidemiology of neonatal sepsis in South Korea

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-232

  Shin, Youn Jeong ^a   Ki, Moran ^a   Foxman, Betsy ^b  

^a Eulji University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Case fatality rate; Epidemiology; Newborns; Sepsis; South Korea

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FATALITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LATENT PERIOD; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGE OF ONSET; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; KOREA; MALE; MENINGITIS; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 63549104339     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02685.x     Document Type: Article

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