Maternal peripartum complications associated with vaginal group B streptococci colonization

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1410-1415

  Krohn, Marijane A ^a,b,c   Hillier, Sharon L ^a,b   Baker, Carol J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIONITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN INFECTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; AMNION; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PENNSYLVANIA; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TEXAS; VAGINAL DISEASES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0032990276     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314756     Document Type: Article

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