Invasive disease due to group B streptococcus in pregnant women and neonates from diverse population groups

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 276-281

  Zaleznik, Dori F ^a   Rench, Marcia A ^f   Hillier, Sharon ^d   Krohn, Marijane A ^d   Platt, Richard ^b,c   Lee, Mei Ling T ^b   Flores, Aurea E ^e   Ferrieri, Patricia ^e   Baker, Carol J ^f  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TEXAS;

EID: 0034059959     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313665     Document Type: Article

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