Maternal group B streptococcal (GBS) genital tract colonization at term in women who have asymptomatic GBS bacteriuria

Infectious Disease in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 203-207

  McKenna, David S ^a,c   Matson, Scott ^a   Northern, Ike ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Molecular Diagnostics   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Infections; Pregnancy; Prophylaxis; Serotype

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIURIA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URINE CULTURE; VAGINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIURIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL AGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0347763733     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10647440300025522     Document Type: Article

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