Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis isolation from cervical secretions of pregnant women and nasopharyngeal secretions of their babies at delivery

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 300-302

  Chua, K B ^a   Ngeow, Y F ^a   Ng, K B ^a   Chye, J K ^a   Lim, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Mycoplasma hominis; Ureaplasma urealyticum

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEWBORN; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NASOPHARYNX; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VAGINA;

EID: 0031668089     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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