Comparison of selective and nonselective enrichment broth media for the detection of vaginal and anorectal colonization with group B streptococcus

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-12

  Rauen, Nancy C ^a   Wesenberg, Elizabeth M ^a   Cartwright, Charles P ^a,b,c  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c 701 Pk Ave Dept Lab Med P ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Enrichment broth; Group B streptococcus

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FERMENTATION MEDIUM; GENITAL SYSTEM; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM MUCOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

EID: 11144346928     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.08.008     Document Type: Article

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