Is antenatal group B streptococcal carriage a predictor of adverse obstetric outcome?

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 138-142

  Garland, Suzanne M ^a,c   Kelly, Nigel ^a   Ugoni, Antony M ^b  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Group B streptococcus; Preterm labor; Preterm rupture of the membranes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033867191     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-0997(2000)8:3/4<138::aid-idog7>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Article

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