Maternal and neonatal sepsis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type d

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 370-372

  Warren, S ^a   Tristram, S ^b   Bradbury, R S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETAMETHASONE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFACLOR; CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NIFEDIPINE; SURFACTANT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEBRILE BONE MARROW APLASIA; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MATERNAL SEPSIS; NEUTROPHILIA; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPSIS; SEROTYPE; URINALYSIS; VAGINA FLORA;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEPSIS; SEROTYPING; URINE;

EID: 76649105745     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.016543-0     Document Type: Article

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