Early-onset neonatal sepsis and the implementation of group B streptococcus prophylaxis in a Brazilian maternity hospital: a descriptive study

Early-onset neonatal sepsis and the implementation of group B streptococcus prophylaxis in a Brazilian maternity hospital: a descriptive study

Objectives: To describe early-onset neonatal sepsis (EOS) epidemiology in a public maternity hospital in Brasilia, Brazil. Methods: We defined EOS as a positive blood culture result obtained from infants aged ≤72 hours of life plus treatment with antibiotic therapy for ≥5 days. Incidence was calcula...

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Main Authors:	Felipe Teixeira de Mello Freitas, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867016305116

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