Colonization of the female urogenital tract with Streptococcus pneumoniae and implications for neonatal disease

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 260-262

  Singh, Jasjit ^a,b   Dick, James ^b   Santosham, Mathuram ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonatal meningitis; Neonatal sepsis; Puerperal infection; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Urogenital colonization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VAGINA SMEAR; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VAGINA;

EID: 0034026741     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200003000-00021     Document Type: Article

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