Screening protocols for group B streptococcus: Are transport media appropriate?

Infectious Disease in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 199-202

  Teese, Nicolette ^a   Henessey, Daneeta ^a   Pearce, Christopher ^a   Kelly, Nigel ^a   Garland, Suzanne ^a  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amies transport medium with charcoal (Copan Venturi Transystem ); Group B streptococcus; Screening; Transport media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CULTURE MEDIUM; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSPORT MEDIUM;

AGAR; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHARCOAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0346503122     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10647440300025521     Document Type: Article

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