Serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility of group B Streptococcus isolated from pregnant women in Mexico

Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiologia

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 133-136

  Pedraza Avilés, Alberto González ^a   Ortiz Zaragoza, María Catalina ^b   Mota Vázquez, Ricardo ^b  

^a Ctro Salud Jose Castro Villagrana   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Neonatal sepsis; Pregnant women; Serotypes; Streptococcus agalactiae; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOTAXIME; COLISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MENINGITIS; MEXICO; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; BACTERIURIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; SEPSIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URINE; VAGINA;

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

EID: 0042822092     PISSN: 01874640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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