Mortality audit of neonatal sepsis secondary to Acinetobacter

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-7

  De, Anuradha ^a   Rathi, Madhuri ^a   Mathur, Meenakshi ^a  

^a LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter sepsis; Mortality; Neonates

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; JAUNDICE; LENGTH OF STAY; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB RETRACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA;

EID: 84875721656     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.107165     Document Type: Article

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