Group B Streptococcal Infections: Perinatal Impact and Prevention Methods

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 549, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 193-202

  BAKER, CAROL J ^a   EDWARDS, MORVEN S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN;

CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONGENITAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VAGINA;

EID: 0024406973     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1988.tb23972.x     Document Type: Article

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