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Neonatal infection: antibiotics for prevention and treatment

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  • Reference number: NG195
  • Published:  20 April 2021
  • Last updated:  19 March 2024
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Evidence reviews

The following documents contain the evidence that was used to develop the 2024 recommendations:

  • Information for confirmed bacterial meningitis
  • Support for confirmed bacterial meningitis
  • Investigating and diagnosing suspected bacterial meningitis with cerebrospinal fluid parameters
  • Fluid restriction in bacterial meningitis
  • Factors associated with recurrent bacterial meningitis
  • Long-term complications and follow-up for bacterial meningitis
  • Information for confirmed bacterial meningitis
  • Support for confirmed bacterial meningitis

The following documents contain the evidence that was used to develop the 2021 recommendations:

  • Information and support for parents and carers of babies with late-onset neonatal infection
  • Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for reducing early-onset neonatal infection
  • Timing of delivery to reduce the risk of early-onset neonatal infection
  • Maternal and neonatal risk factors for early-onset neonatal infection
  • Maternal and neonatal risk factors for late-onset neonatal infection
  • Antibiotic-impregnated catheters for reducing late-onset neonatal infection
  • Investigations before starting treatment for late-onset neonatal infection
  • Antibiotics for treating late-onset neonatal infection
  • Antifungal prophylaxis for treating late-onset neonatal infection

This page was last updated: 19 March 2024

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