The necessity of both anorectal and vaginal cultures for group B streptococcus screening during pregnancy

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 447-448

  Quinlan, Jeffrey D ^a   Hill, D Ashley ^a   Maxwell, Bryan D ^a   Boone, Scott ^a   Hoover, Frederick ^a   Lense, Jorge J ^a  

^a FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Prenatal screening non MESH ; Streptococcal infections; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VAGINA SMEAR;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RECTAL DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0033941026     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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