Modified Granada Agar Medium for the detection of group B streptococcus carriage in pregnant women

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-24

  Claeys, G ^a,b   Verschraegen, G ^a   Temmerman, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Early onset sepsis; GBS; Group B streptococcus; Perinatal infection; Pregnancy; Prevention; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ANUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 0035239774     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2001.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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