Group B streptococcal sepsis and meningitis in neonates: An 11-year survey

Clinical Neonatology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 62-66

  Tsai, Mei Ling ^a   Hsu, Chyong Hsin ^b   Chang, Jui Hsing ^b   Hung, Han Yang ^b   Kao, Hsin An ^b  

^a TAINAN MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Early onset disease; Group B streptococcal infection; Late onset disease

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; TAIWAN;

EID: 34547882073     PISSN: 13813390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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