Detection of genital colonization of group B streptococci during late pregnancy

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 56-61

  El Kersh, Talat A ^a,b   Al Nuaim, Lulu A ^a   Kharfy, Turky A ^a   Al Shammary, Fahd J ^a   Al Saleh, Saad S ^a   Al Zamel, Faten A ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Demographic factors; Detection techniques; Group B streptococci; Maternal colonization; Neonatal transmission; Prenatal screening

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; RECTUM; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGINA SMEAR; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARRIER STATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036185104     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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