The effect of meconium staining of amniotic fluid on the growth of Escherichia coli and group B Streptococcus

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 467-471

  Eidelman, Arthur I ^a   Nevet, Ayelet ^a   Rudensky, Bernard ^a   Rabinowitz, Ron ^a   Hammerman, Cathy ^a   Raveh, David ^a   Schimmel, Michael S ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; MECONIUM; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL INFECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STAINING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; BACTERIAL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MECONIUM; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; HUMANS;

EID: 0036708238     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210774     Document Type: Article

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