Long-term trends in the epidemiology of neonatal sepsis and antibiotic susceptibility of causative agents

Neonatology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-28

  Van Den Hoogen, Agnes ^a   Gerards, Leo J ^a   Verboon Maciolek, Malgorzata A ^a   Fleer, André ^a,b   Krediet, Tannette G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Epidemiology; Neonatal sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CANDIDA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MYCOSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 67649447070     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000226604     Document Type: Article

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