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Research Article| Volume 1, ISSUE 2, P345-360, June 1981

Antenatal and Neonatal Bacterial Infections: Pathogenesis, Significance, and Diagnosis

  • Arthur H. McTighe
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    Department of Pathology, Maryland General Hospital, 827 Linden Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
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    Associate Pathologist, and Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

    Instructor in Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-2712(18)31106-5
Antenatal and Neonatal Bacterial Infections: Pathogenesis, Significance, and Diagnosis
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      Bacterial infections may be acquired by the fetus in utero or immediately following birth. Group B streptococcus, E. coli, S. aureus, and N. gonorrhoeae pathogens are discussed, and special emphasis is given to the containment or prevention of nosocomial infectious outbreaks.
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