Antimicrobial prophylaxis of neonatal group B streptococcal sepsis

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 831-850

  Boyer, K M ^a   Gotoff, S P ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0024209568     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0095-5108(18)30677-8     Document Type: Review

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