Effect of delayed inoculation of selective media in antenatal detection of group B streptococci

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 923-925

  Crisp, Brian J ^a   Yancey, Michael K ^a   Uyehara, Catherine ^a   Nauschuetz, William F ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA SMEAR;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA;

EID: 0032402312     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00304-4     Document Type: Article

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