Late-onset and recurrent neonatal Group B streptococcal disease associated with breast-milk transmission

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-256

  Kotiw, Michael ^a   Zhang, Gwang W ^a   Daggard, Grant ^a   Reiss Levy, Elizabeth ^b   Tapsall, John W ^c   Numa, Andrew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Group B streptococcal disease; Infection; Neonatal; Random amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASTITIS; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0037980085     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-001-0276-y     Document Type: Article

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