Group B streptococcus infection in infancy: 21-Year experience

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 326-329

  Liao, Chiang Hua ^a   Huang, Li Min ^a   Lu, Chun Yi ^a   Lee, Chin Yun ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a   Tsao, Po Nien ^a   Hsieh, Wu Shiun ^a   Tsou, Kuo Inn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Early onset; Group B streptococcus; Infant; Late onset

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; MENINGITIS; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEIZURE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0036876484     PISSN: 16088115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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