Vaginal bacterial flora of pregnant women colonized with group B streptococcus

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 326-330

  Kubota, Takeyoshi ^a   Nojima, Michio ^a   Itoh, Shigeru ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Bacterial vaginosis Lactobacillus; Group B streptococcus; Prenatal infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANDIDA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVOTELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0036934490     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-002-0190-x     Document Type: Article

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