Group B streptococcal infections in a northern region of Italy

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Berardi, Alberto ^a   Lugli, Licia ^a   Baronciani, Dante ^b   Creti, Roberta ^c   Rossi, Katia ^a   Ciccia, Matilde ^d   Gambini, Lucia ^e   Mariani, Sabrina ^f   Papa, Irene ^g   Serra, Laura ^h   Tridapalli, Elisabetta ⁱ   Ferrari, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b AUSL Modena   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^f OSPEDALE M BUFALINI   (Italy)

^g Ospedale Infermi   (Italy)

^h Azienda USL   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Group B streptococcus; Intrapartum chemoprophylaxis; Prevention; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONSET AGE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGE OF ONSET; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; ITALY; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 34548447707     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3246     Document Type: Article

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