Candida chorioamnipnitis after serial therapeutic amniocenteses: A possible association

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 335-337

  Rode, Martha E ^a   Morgan, Mark A ^a   Ruchelli, Eduardo ^b   Forouzan, Iraj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG COMBINATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0034222044     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200381     Document Type: Article

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