Early onset group B streptococcal neonatal infection in Oxford 1985-96

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Moses, Lahra M ^a   Heath, P T ^b   Wilkinson, A R ^b   Jeffery, H E ^a   Isaacs, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early onset; Group B streptococcal infection; Mortality; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031659923     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.79.2.F148     Document Type: Article

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