Current management of late onset neonatal bacterial sepsis in five European countries

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 173, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 997-1004

  Lutsar, Irja ^a   Chazallon, Corine ^b   Carducci, Francesca Ippolita Calò ^c   Trafojer, Ursula ^d   Abdelkader, Ben ^b   De Cabre, Vincent Meiffredy ^b   Esposito, Susanna ^e   Giaquinto, Carlo ^d   Heath, Paul T ^f   Ilmoja, Mari Liis ^g   Katragkou, Aspasia ^h   Lascoux, Carine ^b   Metsvaht, Tuuli ^a   Mitsiakos, George ^h   Netzer, Emmanuelle ^b   Pugni, Lorenza ^e   Roilides, Emmanuel ^h   Saidi, Yacine ^b   Sarafidis, Kosmas ^h   Sharland, Mike ^f   Usonis, Vytautas ⁱ   Aboulker, Jean Pierre ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Departments of Dermatology   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g TALLINN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^h ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

ⁱ VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Meropenem; Neonatal meningitis; Observational study

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904419194     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-014-2279-5     Document Type: Article

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