Clinical Review: Management of Neonatal Bacterial Infections

Grossman, M. : Antibiotic therapy in the newborn infant. Pediat. Clin. N. Amer. 15: 157, 1968.

Gluck, L. , Wood, H.F. and Fousek, M.D. : Septicemia of the newborn. Ibid. 13: 1131, 1966 .

Moffet, H.L. and Williams, T. : Bacteria recovered from distilled water and inhalation therapy equipment. Amer. J. Dis. Child. 114: 7, 1967.

—, Allan, D. and Williams, T. : Survival and dissemination of bacteria in nebulizers and incubators. Ibid. p. 13.

Forfar, J.O. , Gould, J.C. and Maccabe, A.F. : Effect of hexachloropane on incidence of staphylococcal and gram-negative infection in the newborn. Lancet 1: 177, 1968.

Light, I.J. , Sutherland, J.M. , Cochran, L. and Sutorius, J. : Ecologic relation between staphylococcus aureus and pseudomonas in a nursery population. New Eng. J. Med. 278: 1243, 1968 .

Silverman, W.A. , Andersen, D.H. , Blanc , W.A. and Crozier, D.N. : A difference in mortality rate and incidence of kernicterus among premature infants allotted to two prophylactic antibacterial regimens. Pediatrics 18: 614, 1956.

Burns, L.E. , Hodgman, J.E. and Cass, A.B. : Fatal circulatory collapse in prematures receiving chloramphenicol . New Eng. J. Med. 261: 1318, 1959.

Cohlan, S.Q. , Bevelander, T. and Tiamsic, T. : Growth inhibition of prematures receiving tetracycline. Amer. J. Dis. Child. 105: 453, 1963 .

Wallman, I.S. and Hilton, H.B. : Teeth pigmented by tetracycline . Lancet 1: 827, 1962.

Huang. H. and High, R. : Comparison of serum levels following the administration of oral and parenteral preparations of penicillin to infants and children of various age groups. J. Pediat. 42: 657, 1953.

Axline, S.G. , Yaffe, S.J. and Simon, H.J. : Clinical pharmacology of antimicrobial agents in premature infants. J. New Drugs 5: 249, 1965.

—, — and —: Clinical pharmacology of antimicrobials in premature infants; II. ampicillin, methicillin, oxacillin, neomycin and colistin. Pediatrics 39: 97, 1967.

Abramowitz, M. , Klein, J.O. , Ingall , D. and Finland, M. : Levels of penicillin in scrum of newborn infants. Amer. J. Dis. Child. 111: 267, 1966 .

Grossman, M. and Ticknor, W. : Serum levels of ampicillin, cephalothin, cloxacillin and nafcillin in the newborn infant. In Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1965, p. 214.

O'Connor, W.J. , Warren, G.H. , Edrada , L.S. et al.: Serum concentrations of sodium nafcillin in infants during the perinatal period. Ibid p. 220.

Mann, C. H., ed.: Kanamycin; appraisal after eight years of clinical application. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 132: 771,1966.

Eichenwald, H.F. : Some observations on dosage and toxicity of kanamycin in premature and full teym infants, Ibid p. 984.

Yalfe, S.J. and Back, N. : Neonatal pharmacology. Pediat. Clin. N. Amer. 13: 538, 1966.

Odell, G.B. : Studies in kernicterus; I. the protein binding of bilirubin. J. Clin. Invest. 38: 823,1959.

Weiss, C.F. , Glazko, A.J. and Weston, J.K. : Chloramphenicol in the newborn infant; a physiological explanation of its toxicity when given in excessive doses . New Eng. J. Med. 262: 787, 1960 .

Molthan, L. , Reidenberg, M.M. and Eichman, M.F. : Positive direct Coombs tests due to cephalothin . Ibid. 227: 123, 1967.

Eichenwald, H.F. and Shinefield , H.R. : Antimicrobial therapy in the neonatal period. Pediat. Clin. N. Amer. 8: 509, 1961.

Rabinovich. S. , Snyder, I.S. and Smith, I.M. : Preliminary report on in vitro and clinical studies with gentamicin. In Sylvester, J. C. , ed.: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy—1963 . Ann Arbor, American Society for Microbiology, 1964, pp. 164-168.

American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Fetus and Newborn : Decontamination of fomites in neonatal units. Pediatrics 88: 142, 1966.

Fierer, J. , Taylor, P.M. and Gezon, H.M. : Pseudomonas aeruginosa. epidemic traced to delivery-room resuscitators . New Eng. J. Med. 276: 991, 1967.

Silverman, W.A. : Thermoregulation of the newly-born. Supplement No. 2 to Reports of Ross Conference on Pediatric Research . Columbus, Ohio, Ross Laboratories , 1967, p. 26.

— and Sinclair, J.C. : Evaluation of precautions before entering a neonatal unit. Pediatrics 40: 900, 1967.

Oliver, T.K. , Jr.: In Problems of Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Report of the Fifty-Ninth Ross Conference on Pediatric Research, Lucey, J. F., ed. Columbus, Ross Laboratories, 1969, pp. 90-93.