Streptococcal a infection: Reemerging and virulent

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-147

  Sosa, Mary Ellen Burke ^a  

^a Perinatal Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Group A streptococcus; Necrotizing fasciitis; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AMPUTATION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; MICROBIOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PUERPERAL INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

AMPUTATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CESAREAN SECTION, REPEAT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 68949116389     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: 15505073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPN.0b013e3181a2ed26     Document Type: Article

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