| Literature DB >> 25425652 |
A R Bedford Russell1, R Kumar1.
Abstract
Early onset neonatal sepsis is persistently associated with poor outcomes, and incites clinical practice based on the fear of missing a treatable infection in a timely fashion. Unnecessary exposure to antibiotics is also hazardous. Diagnostic dilemmas are discussed in this review, and suggestions offered for practical management while awaiting a more rapidly available 'gold standard' test; in an ideal world, this test would be 100% sensitive and 100% specific for the presence of organisms. Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.Entities:
Keywords: Evidence Based Medicine; Immunology; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology; Neonatology
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25425652 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306193
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed ISSN: 1359-2998 Impact factor: 5.747