Shorter Versus Longer Duration Antibiotic Regimens for Treatment of Culture-positive Neonatal Sepsis

Overview

Journal Cochrane Database Syst Rev

Publisher Wiley

Specialties General Medicine
Health Services

Date 2024 Jul 11

PMID 38989924

Authors

Alexandra A Legge

Jennifer L Middleton

Michelle Fiander

Jane Cracknell

David A Osborn

Adrienne Gordon

Affiliations

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Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the safety and effectiveness of shorter versus longer duration antibiotic regimens for the treatment of culture-positive neonatal sepsis with or without meningitis.

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