Comparison between different types of surveillance samples for the detection of GBS colonization in both parturient mothers and their infants

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 225-230

  Hammoud, Majeda S ^a,b   Al Shemmari, Majed ^a   Thalib, Lukman ^a   Al Sweih, Noora ^a   Rashwan, Nabeel ^b   Devarajan, Lakshami V ^a,b   Elsori, Hassan ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c AL ADAN HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Group B streptococcal colonization; Group B streptococcal infection; Neonates; Parturient mothers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

ANAL CANAL; EAR; FEMALE; GASTRIC JUICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URINE; VAGINA;

EID: 0344737819     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074825     Document Type: Article

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