Early-onset neonatal sepsis: It is not only group B streptococcus
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Comparison of early-onset neonatal sepsis caused by Escherichia coli and group B Streptococcus.
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare maternal characteristics and neonatal morbidity and mortality rates that are associated with early-onset neonatal sepsis that is caused by group B Streptococcus and Escherichia coli. STUDY DESIGN This was a retrospective review of newborn infants with a positive blood culture (and/or cerebrospinal fluid) that was positive for either E coli or...
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عنوان ژورنال: Paediatrics & Child Health
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1205-7088,1918-1485
DOI: 10.1093/pch/16.5.269