Genital tract methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Risk of vertical transmission in pregnant women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-118

  Andrews, William W ^a   Schelonka, Robert ^a   Waites, Ken ^a   Stamm, Alan ^a   Cliver, Suzanne P ^a   Moser, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ALABAMA; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

EID: 37549012521     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000298344.04916.11     Document Type: Article

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