Late-onset and recurrent neonatal Streptococcus agalactiae infection with ingestion of infected mother's milk

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 265-267

  Gajdos, Vincent ^a   Domelier, Anne Sophie ^b   Castel, Christine ^a   Guibert, Michèle ^a   Perreaux, Francis ^a   Mollet, Alix ^a   Lebrun, Léa ^a   Quentin, Roland ^b   Labrune, Philippe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN;

BLOOD CULTURE; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 38649106741     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2006.10.026     Document Type: Letter

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