Neonatal sepsis: Manageable daunting issue for India

Journal of Neonatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-11

  Deorari, Ashok K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Neonate; Sepsis organisms; Signs

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURVIVAL RATE; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 68549125290     PISSN: 09732179     EISSN: 09732187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0973217920090103     Document Type: Review

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