Streptococcus agalactiae late-onset neonatal infections: Should breast milk be more systematically tested for bacterial contamination?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Lombard, Fanny ^a   Marchandin, Hélène ^a,b   Jacquot, Aurélien ^a   Cambonie, Gilles ^a   Rodière, Michel ^a   Filleron, Anne ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MALE; NEONATAL LATE ONSET INFECTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84869081303     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12006     Document Type: Letter

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