Antibiotics for culture-negative neonatal early-onset sepsis: measuring the unmeasurable.

What it found

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Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

1. The Goldilocks zone of optimal antimicrobial stewardship in preterm infants.Pediatric research · 2026
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2. Risk assessment of early-onset sepsis in extremely preterm infants: implications for antibiotic stewardship.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026
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3. Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in a Low-Middle Income Country: Impact of an Antibiotic Guideline for Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4. Neonatal Hydrops and Biliary Atresia as an Early Presentation of Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency: A Case Report.Cureus · 2026
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5. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns and Outcomes of Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis over a Decade: Implications for Empirical Therapy in a Tertiary NICU.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026
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6. Antibiotic exposure for suspected early-onset sepsis in late-preterm and full-term newborns in Quebec: a 11-year single-center cohort study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026
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Abstract

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