Maternal colonization with group B streptococcus is associated with an increased rate of infants transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit

Neonatology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 157-163

  Brigtsen, Anne Karin ^a,b   Jacobsen, Anne Flem ^a,b   Dedi, Lumnije ^b   Melby, Kjetil K ^a,b   Fugelseth, Drude ^a,b   Whitelaw, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Group B Streptococcus; Intrapartum infection; Maternal colonization; Neonatal intensive care; Newborn infant

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL COLONIZATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NORWAY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTAL SWAB; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TACHYPNEA; TERM BIRTH; VAGINA SMEAR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOTHER; NEWBORN DISEASE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ADULT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; NORWAY; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 84937806677     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000434716     Document Type: Article

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