Prevention of neonatal group B sreptococcal infection. Spanish recommendations. Update 2012. SEIMC/SEGO/SEN/SEQ/SEMFYC consensus document;Prevención de la infección perinatal por estreptococo del grupo B. Recomendaciones españolas. Actualización 2012. Documento de consenso SEIMC/SEGO/SEN/SEQ/SEMFYC

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 159-172

  Cortés, Juan Ignacio Alós ^a   Domingo, Antonia Andreu ^b   Mir, Lorenzo Arribas ^c   Roura, Luis Cabero ^b   De Cueto López, Marina ^d   Sastre, José López ^e   Marcos, Juan Carlos Melchor ^f   Prieto, Alberto Puertas ^g   De La Rosa Fraile, Manuel ^g   Abizanda, Salvador Salcedo ^b   Luna, Manuel Sánchez ^h   Pérez, María José Sanchez ⁱ   Cardoso, Rafael Torrejon ^j  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c SEMFYC   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

ⁱ ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Antibiotic intrapartum prophylaxis; Early onset group B streptococci disease; Group B streptococci (GBS); Identification of group B streptococci carriers

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN INFECTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; SPAIN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84875211883     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2012.03.013     Document Type: Review

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