DNA probe for β-hemolytic group B streptococcus: Diagnostic accuracy in threatened preterm labor

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 587-591

  Ryan, Kristin M ^a   Lencki, Shaun G ^a   Elder, B Laurel ^b   Northern, William I ^b   Khamis, Harry J ^a   Bofill, James A ^c  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Compunent Clinical Laboratories ^*  (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA probes; Labor, premature; Streptococcus group B

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMINENT ABORTION; MANAGED CARE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ADULT; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

EID: 0032787941     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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