Identification of bacteria and potential sources in neonates at risk of infection delivered by Caesarean and vaginal birth

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-41

  Gonzales Marin, Cecilia ^a   Spratt, David A ^b   Millar, Michael R ^a   Simmonds, Mark ^a   Kempley, Stephen T ^a   Allaker, Robert P ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLONE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GASTRIC SUCTION; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABOR; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA GENE; SPECIES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83755183682     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.034926-0     Document Type: Article

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