Neonatal septicemia in Gaza City hospitals

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 226-231

  El Jadba, Abed El Hakeem Noman ^a   El Yazji, Mansour Sobhi ^b  

^a Al Dora Pediatric Hospital   (Palestine)

^b AL AQSA UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Early onset sepsis; Late onset sepsis; Neonates; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PALESTINE; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 66549103602     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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