Neonatal scalp abscess and fetal monitoring: Factors associated with infection
| Autor: | Virginia T. Bruce, Donald M. Okada, Anthony W. Chow |
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| Rok vydání: | 1977 |
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medicine.medical_specialty medicine.disease_cause Infant Newborn Diseases Fetal Heart Heart Rate Pregnancy Staphylococcus epidermidis Streptococcal Infections Internal medicine medicine Humans Prospective Studies Abscess Prospective cohort study Monitoring Physiologic Labor Obstetric Scalp biology business.industry Streptococcus Infant Newborn Obstetrics and Gynecology Staphylococcal Infections medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Peptostreptococcus Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Female Peptococcus business |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 129:185-189 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9378 |
| Popis: | Forty-two of 929 (4.5 per cent) newborn infants prospectively studied following continuous, direct fetal heart rate monitoring during labor developed a scalp abscess at the site of electrode application during the neonatal period. Factors associated with infection with the use of a multivariate analysis were duration of monitoring (p less than 0.01) and high-risk indications for monitoring (p less than 0.01). Of the 42 infected neonates, 33 had complete bacteriologic studies. Microorganisms were isolated from all the infection tended to be polymicrobial, most commonly containing both aerobes and anaerobes. Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus, Peptostreptococcus, and Peptococcus were the predominant isolates. These data indicate that scalp abscess complicating intrapartum fetal monitoring may be nosocomial importance, and infants monitored should be closely observed in order to prevent more serious infectious complications. |
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