Group B streptococcal serotype distribution of isolates from colonized pregnant women at the time of delivery in United Arab Emirates

Journal of Infection

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 42-46

  Amin, A ^a   Abdulrazzaq, Y M ^a   Uduman, S ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; SEROTYPE; SOCIAL CLASS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 0036665266     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jinf.2001.0990     Document Type: Article

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