Horizontal transmission of group B streptococcus in a neonatal intensive care unit

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Morinis, Julia ^a   Shah, Jay ^a   Murthy, Prashanth ^a   Fulford, Martha ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Group B streptococcus; Horizontal transmission; Late onset

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 80053941675     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/16.6.e48     Document Type: Conference Paper

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