Group b streptoccoccal carriage in nigeria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1980, Pages 367-370

  Onile, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IN VITRO STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS; CARRIER STATE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0019308839     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(80)90102-9     Document Type: Article

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