Pattern and etiology of culture-proven early-onset neonatal sepsis: A five-year prospective study

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Al Taiar, Abdullah ^a   Hammoud, Majeda S ^a   Thalib, Lukman ^a   Isaacs, David ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early onset; Infection; Kuwait; Middle East; Neonate

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CELL CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; EARLY ONSET NEWBORN SEPSIS; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

AGE OF ONSET; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; KUWAIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 84860409145     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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