Chlorhexidine vaginal flushings versus systemic ampicillin in the prevention of vertical transmission of neonatal group B streptococcus, at term

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 84-88

  Facchinetti, F ^a   Piccinini, F ^a   Mordini, B ^a   Volpe, A ^a  

^a Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ampicillin; Antibiotic resistance; Chlorhexidine; E. coli; Group B streptococcus; Neonatal infection

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORHEXIDINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VAGINA; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABOR; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; AMPICILLIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PARITY; PREGNANCY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA;

EID: 0035988741     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/jmf.11.2.84.88     Document Type: Article

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