Prevalence of MRSA colonization in peripartum mothers and their newborn infants

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 667-671

  Reusch, Margret ^a   Ghosh, Paramita ^a   Ham, Cynthia ^a   Klotchko, Alena ^a   Singapuri, Salman ^a   Everett, George ^a  

^a ORLANDO HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UMBILICUS; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOTHERS; NASAL CAVITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UMBILICUS; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48249113346     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540801946520     Document Type: Article

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