title: [Newborn bacterial infection caused by materno-fetal contamination. Retrospective epidemiologic study at a maternity unit].
abstract: A retrospective epidemiological study of neonatal bacterial infection due to contamination from the mother was carried out in maternity unit. We analysed the results of taking bacterial swabs from the skin and GI tract in newborn children when there was a possibility, or even probability, from the criteria given that there would be infection. These results compare with different criteria. In 19 months there were 2,622 live born children; 40.6% of those had swabs taken; the infection rate was 0.61% of newborns, but 16% of the newborns, had asymptomatic colonisation by bacteria. The high risks of finding positive swabs as shown by increased infection rates by colonisation occurred where the mothers had high temperatures. Our results led us to change the criteria for antibiotic treatment immediately after birth, in newborn babies.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Pédiatrie Gatien-de-Clocheville, CHRU de Tours.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Blond
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Quentin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pierre
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kompanietz
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Soutoul
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laugier
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Infection bactérienne du nouveau-né par contamination materno-foetale. Etude épidémiologique rétrospective dans une maternité.