Group B streptococcal meningitis: Cerebrospinal fluid parameters in the era of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis

Early Human Development

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Ansong, Annette K ^a,b   Smith, P Brian ^a,b   Benjamin, Daniel K ^a,b,c,d   Clark, Reese H ^e   Li, Jennifer S ^a,b   Cotten, C Michael ^a   Mangum, Barry ^b   Garges, Harmony P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Property and Environment Research Center   (United States)

^e PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Group B streptococcus; Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PUNCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; SPINAL PUNCTURE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 76249088377     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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