Peripartum transmission of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2258-2260

  McDonald, L Clifford ^a,b   Bryant, Kris ^a   Snyder, James ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VAGINA; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VAGINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 0038627840     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2258-2260.2003     Document Type: Article

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