Randomized study of vaginal and neonatal cleansing with 1% chlorhexidine

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 234-238

  Pereira, Leonardo ^a,f   Chipato, Tsungai ^b,f   Mashu, Alexio ^b,f   Mushangwe, Velda ^b   Rusakaniko, Simbarashe ^b   Bangdiwala, Shrikant I ^c   Chidede, Office Samson ^b   Darmstadt, Gary L ^d,f   Gwanzura, Lovemore ^b   Kandawasvika, Gwendoline ^b   Madzime, Simon ^b   Lumbiganon, Pisake ^e,f   Tolosa, Jorge E ^a,f  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c IL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f Global Network for Perinatal and Reproductive Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorhexidine; Neonatal sepsis; Vaginal washing

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLEANING; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEONATAL CLEANSING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VAGINAL BURNING SENSATION; VAGINAL CLEANSING;

EID: 79951677259     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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