Changes in Pathogens Causing Early-Onset Sepsis in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants
Author(s) -
Barbara J. Stoll,
Nellie I. Hansen,
Avroy A. Fanaroff,
Linda L. Wright,
Waldemar A. Carlo,
Richard A. Ehrenkranz,
James A. Lemons,
Edward F. Donovan,
Ann R. Stark,
Jon E. Tyson,
William Oh,
Charles R. Bauer,
Sheldon B. Korones,
Seetha Shankaran,
Abbot R. Laptook,
David K. Stevenson,
Lu-Ann Papile,
W. Kenneth Poole
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa012657
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , ampicillin , birth weight , cohort , low birth weight , pediatrics , neonatal sepsis , blood culture , cohort study , gestational age , antibiotics , pregnancy , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics
It is uncertain whether the rates and causes of early-onset sepsis (that occurring within 72 hours after birth) among very-low-birth-weight infants have changed in recent years, since antibiotics have begun to be used more widely during labor and delivery.
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