Role of antimicrobial applications to the umbilical cord in neonates to prevent bacterial colonization and infection: A review of the evidence

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 996-1002

  Mullany, Luke C ^a   Darmstadt, Gary L ^a   Tielsch, James M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Bacterial infections; Colonization; Neonatal mortality; Neonatal sepsis; Omphalitis; Tetanus; Umbilical cord care

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACITRACIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; HEXACHLOROPHENE; POVIDONE IODINE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TETANUS TOXOID; TRIPLE DYE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTEROIDES; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLLOW UP; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISINFECTANTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT, NEWBORN; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0345708254     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000095429.97172.48     Document Type: Review

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