Colonization rates and serotypes of group B streptococci isolated from pregnant women in a Korean tertiary hospital

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 753-756

  Uh, Y ^a   Jang, I H ^a   Yoon, K J ^a   Lee, C H ^a   Kwon, J Y ^a   Kim, M C ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANUS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SEROTYPE; SKIN FLORA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UMBILICUS; URETHRA; VAGINA FLORA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CARRIER STATE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EAR CANAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KOREA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RECTUM; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UMBILICUS; URETHRA; VAGINA;

EID: 0030659734     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01709259     Document Type: Article

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