Invasive Haemophilus parainfluenzae maternal-infant infections: An Australian perspective and case report

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 258-260

  Rele, Mhisti ^a   Giles, Michelle ^b   Daley, Andrew J ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Haemophilus parainfluenzae; Neonatal sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NIFEDIPINE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; ROXITHROMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; INTUBATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 33745958240     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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