Missed opportunities for preventing congenital syphilis infection

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 431-

  Introcaso, Camille E ^a   Bradley, Heather ^a   Gruber, Deann ^b   Markowitz, Lauri E ^a  

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

^b Louisiana Office of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOUISIANA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 84876255962     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31828fce51     Document Type: Letter

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