Performance of a new DNA probe for the detection of group B streptococcal colonization of the genital tract

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 86, Issue 4 PART 1, 1995, Pages 509-511

  Rosa, Cesar ^a   Clark, Penny ^a   Duff, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VAGINITIS;

DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029077027     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(95)80006-9     Document Type: Article

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