Group B streptococcal disease in infants aged younger than 3 months: Systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9815, 2012, Pages 547-556

  Edmond, Karen M ^a   Kortsalioudaki, Christina ^b   Scott, Susana ^a   Schrag, Stephanie J ^c   Zaidi, Anita Km ^d   Cousens, Simon ^a   Heath, Paul T ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FATALITY; FUNDING; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84857038883     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61651-6     Document Type: Article

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