Impact of 4.0% chlorhexidine cord cleansing on the bacteriologic profile of the newborn umbilical stump in rural sylhet district, Bangladesh: A community-based, cluster-randomized trial

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 444-450

  Mullany, Luke C ^a   Saha, Samir K ^b,c   Shah, Rasheduzzaman ^a   Islam, Mohammad Shahidul ^b,c   Rahman, Mostafiz ^d   Islam, Maksuda ^b,c   Talukder, Radwanur Rahman ^e   Arifeen, Shams El ^e   Darmstadt, Gary L ^a   Baqui, Abdullah H ^a,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Child Health Research Foundation   (Bangladesh)

^c DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^d Shimantik (A Bangladeshi NGO)   (Bangladesh)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bacterial colonization; Bangladesh; Chlorhexidine; Infection; Neonatal; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIOLOGY; BANGLADESH; CHILD CARE; CLEANING; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTEREMIA; BANGLADESH; CHLORHEXIDINE; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84860228589     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182468ff0     Document Type: Article

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