Vaginal microbiota in healthy pregnant women and prenatal screening of group B streptococci (GBS)

International Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-90

  Bayo M ^a   Berlanga, M ^b   Agut, M ^c  

^a Laboratori d'Anàlisis M Bayó Boada   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT QUÍMIC DE SARRIÀ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Group B streptococci; Pregnancy; Prenatal screening; Vaginal swabs; Hemolytic streptococci

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; KLEBSIELLA; LACTOBACILLUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS (ENTEROBACTERIA); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SP.; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP.; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VAGINA; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; CANDIDA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0036617739     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10123-002-0064-1     Document Type: Article

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