Pregnancy-related group a streptococcal infections: Temporal relationships between bacterial acquisition, infection onset, clinical findings, and outcome

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 870-876

  Hamilton, Stephanie M ^a   Stevens, Dennis L ^a,b   Bryant, Amy E ^a,b  

^a Boise VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

postpartum sepsis; pregnancy; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; DAPTOMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MODERN TIMES; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION;

POSTPARTUM SEPSIS; PREGNANCY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERAL INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883219438     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit282     Document Type: Article

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