Committee opinion No. 485: Prevention of early-onset group B streptococcal disease in newborns

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1019-1027

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AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ALGORITHM; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICARIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; ONSET AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953216737     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318219229b     Document Type: Review

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