Maternal and neonatal colonization in Bangladesh: Prevalences, etiologies and risk factors

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 971-976

  Chan, G J ^a   Modak, J K ^b   Mahmud, A A ^c   Baqui, A H ^a   Black, R E ^a   Saha, S K ^b  

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

^b DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; etiologies; maternal and neonatal colonization; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA SMEAR;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UMBILICUS; VAGINA;

EID: 84888636435     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2013.99     Document Type: Article

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