Screening for group B streptococcus: A private hospital's experience

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Faro, Sebastian ^a   Brehm, Brenda ^b   Smith, Frances ^c   Mouzoon, Melanie ^c   Greisinger, Anthony ^b   Wehmanen, Oscar ^b   Turrentine, Mark A ^c  

^a Woman's Hospital of Texas   (United States)

^b Kelsey Research Foundation   (United States)

^c Kelsey Seybold Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

EID: 77955348169     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/451096     Document Type: Article

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