Rationing antibiotic use in neonatal units
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Antibiotic use in the neonatal unit.
The changing pattern of organisms causing neonatal sepsis, from Streptococcus pyogenes in the 1930s to Staphylococcus aureus in the 1950s and more recently to Gram negative bacilli and the group B streptococcus,' has been reflected in the development of new antibiotics. In particular semi-synthetic penicillins and the so called third generation cephalosporins have been introduced, both with act...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1359-2998,1468-2052
DOI: 10.1136/fn.82.1.f1