Streptococcus pneumoniae: An old bug with significant maternal-newborn implications

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 491-495

  Sallam, Adel ^a,b   Paes, Bosco ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infection; Maternal newborn; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CASE REPORT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCREENING TEST; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PREGNANCY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 9744237297     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-835967     Document Type: Article

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