Neonatal invasive group A streptococcal disease: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 161-165

  Miyairi, Isao ^a,c   Berlingieri, Dominic ^a   Protic, John ^b   Belko, John ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Group A streptococci; Neonatal sepsis; Puerperal sepsis; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CELL INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MENINGITIS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INFECTION; ONSET AGE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEROTYPE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 1242336819     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000109887.40636.07     Document Type: Review

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