Aetiology and antimicrobial resistance of neonatal sepsis at a tertiary care centre in eastern India: A 3 year study

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 409-412

  Viswanathan, Rajlakshmi ^a   Singh, Arun Kumarendu ^a   Mukherjee, Suchandra ^a   Mukherjee, Ranajit ^a   Das, Parijat ^b   Basu, Sulagna ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Eastern India; Neonatal sepsis; Nonfermenting Gram negative bacilli

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREND STUDY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; SEPSIS;

EID: 79954437195     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0272-1     Document Type: Article

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