Are the "good old" antibiotics still appropriate for early-onset neonatal sepsis? A 10 year survey

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 138-143

  Maayan Metzger, Ayala ^a,b   Barzila, Asher ^a,b   Keller, Nathan ^a,b   Kuint, Jacob ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Early onset neonatal sepsis; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

AMNIONITIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; DELIVERY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67549149107     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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