Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci) carriage in late pregnancy in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-14

  Al Sweih, Noora ^a   Maiyegun, Sitrat ^b   Diejomaoh, Michal ^a   Rotimi, Vincent ^a   Khodakhast, Fatma ^a   Hassan, Nahida ^b   George, Susan ^a   Baig, Saba ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Carriage; Group B streptococci; Late pregnancy; Outcome

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN;

ADULT; AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; KUWAIT; LABOR; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRANSPORT MEDIUM; VAGINA FLORA;

ADULT; AMPICILLIN; ANAL CANAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0345168111     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074044     Document Type: Review

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