Neonatal Sepsis in Children Hospital of Damascus University
published by Damascus University
in 2005
in
and research's language is
العربية
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Abstract in English
A retrospective study over 3 years was conducted in NICU of Damascus
university to explain any change in the bacteriological profile of neonatal
sepsis and to prove the need to change the treatment policy. This study was
carried out on the neonates admitted on NICU between 1/1/02 and
31/12/2004 who had the diagnosis of sepsis. We had the results of blood
culture and the resistance report from the patients files and the archive of
our bacteriological laboratory. we compared the results with chi square.
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