Early onset sepsis in very low birth weight newborn infants

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2012, Pages 21-25

  Pisani, Valentina ^a   Bizzarri, Bianca ^a   Cardi, Veronica ^a   Pedicino, Roberto ^a   Natale, Fabio ^a   Stolfi, Ilaria ^a   Castronovo, Antonella ^a   De Curtis, Mario ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early onset sepsis; Very low birth weight infants

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; PROCALCITONIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; APGAR SCORE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEWBORN SEPSIS; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867004777     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.712348     Document Type: Review

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