The changing spectrum of Group B streptococcal (GBS) infection in infants of Saudi Arabia

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-52

  Almuneef, M ^a   Alalola, S ^a   Ahmed, S ^a   Memish, Ziad A ^a,c   Khan, M Y ^b   Alshaalan, M ^a  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Group B streptococcal infection; Infants; Neonates; Pediatric infection; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034050299     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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