Physical examination instead of laboratory tests for most infants born to mothers colonized with group B streptococcus: Support for the centers for disease control and prevention's 2010 recommendations

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Cantoni, Luigi ^a   Ronfani, Luca ^b   Da Riol, Rosalia ^c   Demarini, Sergio ^b  

^a Sant Antonio Hospital   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; CBC; CDC; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Complete blood count; CRP; Early onset group B Streptococcus; EOGBS; GBS; Group B Streptococcus; IAP; Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis; WBC; White cells blood count

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DISEASE CONTROL; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84880589979     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.01.034     Document Type: Article

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