Concepts and controversies in the management of group B streptococcus during pregnancy

Birth

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-53

  Glantz, J Christopher ^a,b,c   Kedley, Karen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Box 668 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0032013371     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536x.1998.00045.x     Document Type: Article

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