The changing face of early-onset neonatal sepsis after the implementation of a maternal group b streptococcus screening and intrapartum prophylaxis policy - A study in one medical center

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 78-84

  Lin, Chia Ying ^a   Hsu, Chyong Hsin ^a   Huang, Fu Yuan ^a   Chang, Jui Hsing ^a   Hung, Han Yang ^a   Kao, Hsin An ^a   Peng, Chun Chih ^a   Jim, Wai Tim ^a   Chi, Hsin ^a   Chiu, Nan Chang ^a   Chang, Tung Yao ^a,b   Chen, Chen Yu ^a   Chen, Chie Pein ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Taiji Fetal Medicine Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

E coli; early onset sepsis (EOS); group B Streptococcus (GBS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; SCREENING TEST; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TAIWAN;

EID: 79955476122     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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