Early neonatal streptococcal infection

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 573-576

  Niduvaje, Krishnamoorthy ^a   Amutha, Chinnadurai ^a   Roy, Joseph ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Group B Streptococcus; Newborn; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 33747083533     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02759920     Document Type: Article

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