Listeria infection during pregnancy: A 10 year experience

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 776-780

  Benshushan, Abraham ^a   Tsafrir, Avi ^a   Arbel, Revital ^a   Rahav, Galia ^a   Ariel, Ilana ^a   Rojansky, Nathan ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Infection; Listeria monocytogenes; Morbidity; Mortality; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CLINICAL INFECTIONS;

HEALTH CARE;

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS OUTCOME; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREMATURE LABOR; PROGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOCOLYSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036791382     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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