Short course antibiotics in neonatal sepsis.
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1. Saini SS, Dutta S, Ray P. Short course versus 7 day course of intravenous antibiotics in probable neonatal septicemia. A pilot open label randomized controlled trial. Indian Pediatr. 2011;48:19-24. 2. Edwards MS. Immune system (part2) –postnatal bacterial infections. In: Martin RJ, Fanaroff AA,Walsh MC (editors). Fanaroff and Martin’s Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine-Diseases of Fetus and Infant. 8th ed. Philadelphia:Elsevier Mosby; 2006.p.798.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Indian pediatrics
دوره 48 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011