Late-onset Group B streptococcal disease by infected mother's milk detected by polymerase chain reaction

New Microbiologica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 252-254

  Lanari, Marcello ^a   Serra, Laura ^a   Cavrini, Francesca ^b   Liguori, Giovanna ^b   Sambri, Vittorio ^b  

^a Santa Maria della Scaletta Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Group B streptococcus; Late onset GBS disease; Neonatal infection; Polymerase chain reaction; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 34547947767     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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