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Ten Days vs. 14 days Antibiotic Therapy in Culture-Proven Neonatal Sepsis

Geeta Gathwala, A. Sindwani, Jagjit Singh, Omair A. Choudhry, Uma Chaudhary

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics · 2010 · 45 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

Ten-day antibiotic therapy is as effective as 14-day therapy in blood culture-proven neonatal sepsis, if the infant has achieved clinical remission by Day 7 of therapy.

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