Use of Direct Latex Agglutination Testing of Selective Broth in the Detection of Group B Strepptococcal Carriage in Pregnant Women

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-62

  Guerrero, C ^a   Martinez J ^a   Menasalvas, A ^a   Blazquez R ^a   Rodriguez T ^b   Segovia, M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL MORALES MESEGUER   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VAGINA; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; RECTUM; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

EID: 0442282111     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-1052-x     Document Type: Article

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