Potential consequences of widespread antepartal use of ampicillin

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 879-883

  Towers, C V ^a   Cart, M H ^a   Padilla, G ^a   Asrat, T ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria resistant to ampicillin; Complications of antibiotic therapy; Early onset neonatal bacterial sepsis; Group B streptococci

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031794906     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70182-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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