Incidence and Outcome of Group B Streptococcal Sepsis in Infants in Switzerland

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 222-224

  Giannoni, Eric ^a   Berger, Christoph ^b   Stocker, Martin ^c   Agyeman, Philipp ^d   Posfay Barbe, Klara M ^e   Heininger, Ulrich ^f   Konetzny, Gabriel ^g   Niederer Loher, Anita ^h   Kahlert, Christian ⁱ   Donas, Alex ^c   Leone, Antonio ^j   Hasters, Paul ^j   Relly, Christa ^b   Baer, Walter ^k   Aebi, Christoph ^d   Schlapbach, Luregn J ^d,l  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^g Children's Hospital Aarau   (Switzerland)

^h Department of Infectious Diseases   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^j Children's Hospital Chur   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^l LADY CILENTO CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

early onset; group B streptococcus; late onset neonatal sepsis; meningitis; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIRTH WEIGHT; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFANT MORTALITY; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCREENING; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWITZERLAND; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SWITZERLAND; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84955328459     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000974     Document Type: Article

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