approach to term neonates born after maternal intrapartum fever and unknown maternal group B Streptococcus status: Value of serum C-reactive protein and 16S rRNA gene PCR amplification

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1064-1066

  Makhoul, Imad R ^a,c   Sprecher, Hanna ^a   Smolkin, Tatiana ^a   Sawaid, Raneen ^a   Ben David, Shlomit ^a   Sujov, Polo ^a   Tamir, Ada ^a   Kassis, Imad ^a,b   Blazer, Shraga ^a  

^a MEYER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Group B Streptococcus; Maternal intrapartum fever; Newborn infant; PCR; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; RNA 16S;

AMNIONITIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 37349082240     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31812f5701     Document Type: Article

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