Changes in Pathogens Causing Early-Onset Sepsis in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants

J. Stoll, Barbara; I. Hansen, Nellie; A. Fanaroff, Avroy; L. Wright, Linda; A. Carlo, Waldemar; A. Ehrenkranz, Richard; A. Lemons, James; F. Donovan, Edward; R. Stark, Ann; E. Tyson, Jon; Oh, William; R. Bauer, Charles; B. Korones, Sheldon; Shankaran, Seetha; R. Laptook, Abbot; K. Stevenson, David; Papile, Lu-Ann; Kenneth Poole, W.

doi:10.1056/nejmoa012657

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Changes in Pathogens Causing Early-Onset Sepsis in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jul 25, 2002

Authors:

Barbara J. Stoll

Nellie I. Hansen

Avroy A. Fanaroff

Abstract

BACKGROUND: 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. METHODS: We studied 5447 very-l...

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Medicine

Sepsis

Ampicillin

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