Can group B streptococci cause symptomatic vaginitis?

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 206-209

  Honig, E ^a   Mouton, J W ^a   Van Der Meijden, W I ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlorhexidine; Vaginal discharge; Vulvar maceration

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0032776379     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-0997(1999)7:4<206::AID-IDOG9>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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