Meropenem Induced Anaphylactic Shock in a Newborn and Review Of Literature Meropenem
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Meropenem Induced Anaphylactic Shock in a Newborn and Review Of Literature
All drugs have the potential cause to side effects and anaphylaxis.The bioavailability of the drugs is different in newborns. Therefore has the tolerability and efficacy of the medicationsin the newborn period more importance. Meropenem is a broad-spectrum antibiotic used to treat a wide variety of infections. We describe here a neonate who developed anaphylactic shock after use of intravenous ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Journal of Pediatrics & Neonatology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2474-7521
DOI: 10.19080/ajpn.2016.02.555582