Neonatal sepsis following prolonged rupture of membranes in a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-73

  Alam, Muhammad Matloob ^a   Saleem, Ali Faisal ^a   Shaikh, Abdul Sattar ^a   Munir, Owais ^a   Qadir, Maqbool ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Neonatal sepsis; Prematurity; Prolonged rupture of membranes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892567439     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.3136     Document Type: Review

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