Vaginal colonization as a risk factor for the development of neonatal sepsis

Biomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 186-188

  Muthusami, Anitha ^a   Devi C , Sheela ^a   Kanungo, Reba ^a,b   Shashikala, ^a   Srinivasan, ^a   Murmu, Udaya Charan ^a   Chattopadhyay, A B ^a   Bazroy, Joy ^a  

^a Department of Clinical Microbiology ^*

^b Puducherry University   (India)

Author keywords

Neonatal sepsis; Risk factors; Vaginal colonizer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GARDENELLA; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 42549143513     PISSN: 09702067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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