RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Neonatal meningitis
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F173
OP F178
DO 10.1136/fn.88.3.F173
VO 88
IS 3
A1 Heath, P T
A1 Nik Yusoff, N K
A1 Baker, C J
YR 2003
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/88/3/F173.abstract
AB Twelve years ago an annotation was published in Archives of Disease in Childhood regarding the antibiotic treatment of suspected neonatal meningitis. The authors recommended the use of cephalosporins rather than chloramphenicol and advocated intraventricular aminoglycoside treatment in selected cases. They noted the absence of clinical trials with third generation cephalosporins that showed an improvement in mortality or neurological outcome.