Transmission of staphylococcus aureus from mothers to newborns

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 360-363

  Leshem, Eyal ^a   Maayan Metzger, Ayala ^b   Rahav, Galia ^a   Dolitzki, Mordechai ^b   Kuint, Jacob ^b   Roytman, Yulia ^a   Goral, Aviva ^a,c   Novikov, Ilya ^c   Fluss, Ronen ^c   Keller, Nathan ^b   Regev Yochay, Gili ^a,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

colonization; mother; newborn; S. aureus; transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NOSE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RECTUM; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UMBILICUS; VAGINA;

EID: 84858795361     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318244020e     Document Type: Article

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