Early-onset neonatal sepsis in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Risk associated with maternal bacterial colonisation and chorioamnionitis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1057-1064

  Chan, Grace J ^a   Baqui, Abdullah H ^a   Modak, Joyanta K ^b   Murillo Chaves, Adriana ^c   Mahmud, Abdullah A ^d   Boyd, Theonia K ^c   Black, Robert E ^a   Saha, Samir K ^b  

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

^b DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Colonisation; Low resource settings; Maternal risk factors; Neonatal infections

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH RISK; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MATERNAL HEALTH; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BANGLADESH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COLONISATION; LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS; MATERNAL RISK FACTORS; NEONATAL INFECTIONS;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

EID: 84881639855     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12150     Document Type: Article

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