Incidence, aetiology and resistance of late-onset neonatal sepsis: A five-year prospective study

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 604-609

  Hammoud, Majeda S ^a   Al Taiar, Abdullah ^a   Thalib, Lukman ^a   Al Sweih, Noura ^a   Pathan, Seema ^b   Isaacs, David ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

infection; Kuwait; late onset; Middle East; neonate

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOTAXIME; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KUWAIT; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863494425     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2012.02432.x     Document Type: Article

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