Streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis in the newborn

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Malhotra, Atul ^a,d   Hunt, Rod W ^b   Doherty, Richard R ^c,d  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Infectious Diseases Unit   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

early onset; infection; newborn; streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84856873807     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01929.x     Document Type: Article

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