Stable rates of neonatal sepsis in a tertiary neonatal unit

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 294-299

  Lean, Wei Ling ^a   Kamlin, Camille O ^a,b,c   Garland, Suzanne M ^a,b,c   Jacobs, Susan E ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

antibiotics; early onset sepsis; infant; late onset sepsis; neonatal intensive care unit; preterm

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCLOXACILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY ONSET SEPSIS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GASTRIC SUCTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LATE ONSET SEPSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PICHIA KUDRIAVZEVII; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RECURRENT INFECTION; SEPSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84924530741     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12715     Document Type: Article

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