Neonatal Bacterial Infection

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During the last two decades, dramatic improvement in survival of newborns, especially the extremely premature group, resulted from major advances such as antenatal steroids and surfactant, as well as from many other less dramatic improvements in care. As fewer babies died of respiratory failure and smaller babies survive, infection has become an increasingly important cause of mortality and morbidity.

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تاریخ انتشار 2013