Evaluation of the Granada agar plate for detection of vaginal and rectal group B streptococci in pregnant women

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2648-2651

  Garcia Gil E ^a   Rodriguez M C ^a   Bartolome R ^a   Berjano, B ^a   Cabero, L ^a   Andreu, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

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

EID: 0345279847     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.8.2648-2651.1999     Document Type: Article

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