Neonatal sepsis - Many blood samples, few positive cultures: Implications for improving antibiotic prescribing

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Blackburn, Ruth M ^a   Muller Pebody, Berit ^a   Planche, Tim ^b   Johnson, Alan ^a   Hopkins, Susan ^a,c   Sharland, Mike ^b   Kennea, Nigel ^b   Heath, Paul T ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIUM; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMMENSAL; CONSULTATION; DRUG USE; FUNGUS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; YEAST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; SEPSIS;

EID: 84868211849     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302261     Document Type: Letter

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