Ten days vs. 14 days antibiotic therapy in culture-proven neonatal sepsis

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 433-435

  Gathwala, Geeta ^a   Sindwani, Arvind ^a   Singh, Jagjit ^a   Choudhry, Ojasvini ^a   Chaudhary, Uma ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Neonatal sepsis; Short course antibiotic therapy

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS, TOXIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649606497     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmq012     Document Type: Article

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