Audit of antibiotic therapy in surgical neonates in a tertiary hospital in Benin City, Nigeria

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-28

  Osifo, Osarumwense ^a   Aghahowa, Sylvester ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; combinations; sub saharan Africa; surgical neonates

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NIGERIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955085440     PISSN: 01896725     EISSN: 09745998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0189-6725.78664     Document Type: Article

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