Amniotic fluid infection syndrome and neonatal mortality caused by Eikenella corrodens

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 489-492

  Kostadinov, Stefan ^a   Pinar, Halit ^a  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Eikenella; Oral pathogens

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; AMNIOTIC FLUID INFECTION SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; DISEASES IN TWINS; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TWINS;

EID: 27744464226     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-005-0010-2     Document Type: Article

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