Rapid screening for Streptococcus agalactiae in vaginal specimens of pregnant women by fluorescent in situ hybridization

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2170-2173

  Artz, Laura A ^a,b   Kempf, Volkhard A J ^a   Autenrieth, Ingo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VAGINA SMEAR;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER STATE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 0038627929     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2170-2173.2003     Document Type: Article

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