Infected neonatal cephalohematomas caused by anaerobic bacteria

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-258

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Cephalohematoma; Newborns

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; TIMENTIN;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AMNIONITIS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; INCISION; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NEWBORN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SCALP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAUSALITY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23044509729     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2005.047     Document Type: Article

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