A Prospective Study on the Relationship between Intrapartum Maternal Group-B Streptococcal Concentration and Signs of Infection in Neonates

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-105

  Itakura, Atsuo ^a   Kurauchi, Osamu ^a   Morikawa, Shigehiko ^a   Matsuzawa, Katsuji ^b   Mizutani, Shigehiko ^a   Tomoda, Yutaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Group B streptococcus; Intrapartum colonization; Signs of infection in neonates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VAGINA;

FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

EID: 0030120415     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1996.tb00949.x     Document Type: Article

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