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- Title
Water birth: microbiological colonisation of the newborn, neonatal and maternal infection rate in comparison to conventional bed deliveries.
- Authors
Fehervary, Patricia; Lauinger-Lörsch, Eva; Hof, Herbert; Melchert, Frank; Bauer, Lelia; Zieger, Wolfgang
- Abstract
Introduction. The risk of infectious complications after water birth which might be due to water contaminated by faecal bacteria or environmental microbes from the water supply system is still in discussion. Materials and methods. We performed a microbiological study comparing neonatal bacterial colonisation after water birth to conventional bed deliveries with or without relaxation bath. In all three groups (96 deliveries) we isolated most frequently from ear and palate of the newborns Staphylococcus epidermidis, E. coli and enterococci, which belong to the normal vaginal flora. Results. Neonatal outcome, infants and maternal infection rate did not differ between the three groups
- Subjects
ESCHERICHIA coli; ENTEROCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; INFECTION; PROKARYOTES; BACTERIA
- Publication
Archives of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2004, Vol 270, Issue 1, p6
- ISSN
0932-0067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00404-002-0467-4