Comparison of efficacy of a 7-day versus a 14-day course of intravenous antibiotics in the treatment of uncomplicated neonatal bacterial sepsis: study protocol of a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial

Comparison of efficacy of a 7-day versus a 14-day course of intravenous antibiotics in the treatment of uncomplicated neonatal bacterial sepsis: study protocol of a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial

Abstract Background Neonatal sepsis is a global public health problem. There is no consensus regarding the optimum duration of antibiotics for culture-proven neonatal sepsis. Published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing shorter versus longer courses of antibiotics provide low-quality evid...

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Main Authors: Sourabh Dutta, Sushma Nangia, Mamta Jajoo, Geeta Gathwala, Saudamini Nesargi, Mangalabharathi Sundaram, Praveen Kumar, Arvind Saili, Dipti Kumar, Poonam Dalal, P. N. Suman Rao, Ramya Shanmugam, Pallab Ray, Valinderjeet Singh Randhawa, Karnika Saigal, Madhu Sharma, Savitha Nagaraj, Devasena Radhakrishnan
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: BMC 2021
Subjects:
Neonate
Sepsis
Blood culture
Antibiotics
Duration
Randomized controlled trial
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e1dde0f1783c4e9fa2699a552a377d0a
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