Early-onset group B streptococcus sepsis in high risk neonates born after prolonged rupture of membranes

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-38

  Makhoul, Imad R ^a   Sprecher, Hannah ^a,b   Sawaid, Raneen ^a   Jakobi, Peter ^a   Smolkin, Tatiana ^a   Sujov, Polo ^a   Kassis, Imad ^a   Blazer, Shraga ^a  

^a MEYER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Group B streptococcus; Intrapartum antimicrobial prophylaxis; Newborn infant; Polymerase chain reaction; Prolonged rupture of membranes; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL RNA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; RNA 16S; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65349104523     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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