Serial C reactive protein values predict sensitivity of organisms to empirical antibiotics in neonates: A nested case-control study

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2016, Pages F557-F560

  Patil, Sandeep ^a   Dutta, Sourabh ^a   Attri, Savita Verma ^a   Ray, Pallab ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Infectious Diseases; Neonatology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84995468808     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309158     Document Type: Article

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