Types of bacteria associated with neonatal sepsis in Al-Thawra University Hospital, Sana'a, Yemen, and their antimicrobial profile

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 599-605

  Al Shamahy, Hassan A ^a   Sabrah, Amal A ^a   Al Robasi, Abdul Baki ^a   Naser, Samarih M ^a  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Early onset; Empirical; Late onset; Neonatal; Sanaa; Sepsis; Treatment; Yemen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 84857097596     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12816/0003087     Document Type: Article

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