Prolonged antibiotic therapy for "culture-negative" sepsis in preterm infants: It's time to stop!

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 707-708

  Cantey, Joseph B ^a   Sánchez, Pablo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

NEC; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Neonatal intensive care unit; NICU

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; SEPSIS;

EID: 80054757485     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.07.032     Document Type: Editorial

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