Postpartum surveillance of bacteriuria in term vaginal deliveries

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 177-180

  Orrett, F A ^a   Premanand, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacteriuria; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIURIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0032020254     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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