Group B streptococcus early-onset disease in emilia-romagna: Review after introduction of a screening-based approach

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-121

  Berardi, Alberto ^a   Lugli, Licia ^a   Baronciani, Dante ^b   Rossi, Cecilia ^a   Ciccia, Matilde ^c   Creti, Roberta ^d   Gambini, Lucia ^e   Mariani, Sabrina ^f   Papa, Irene ^g   Tridapalli, Elisabetta ^h   Vagnarelli, Federica ⁱ   Ferrari, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b AUSL Modena   (Italy)

^c MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^f OSPEDALE M BUFALINI   (Italy)

^g Ospedale Infermi   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

ⁱ S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Group B Streptococcus; Infant; Prophylaxis; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; ITALY; LABOR; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 75949098800     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181b83cd9     Document Type: Article

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