Maternal carriage of group B streptococci in developing countries

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 499-503

  Stoll, Barbara J ^a   Schuchat, Anne ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Group B Streptococcus; Maternal colonization; Neonatal sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0031806476     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199806000-00013     Document Type: Article

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