The colonization incidence of group B streptococcus in pregnant women and their newborns in Istanbul

Pediatrics International

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-66

  Barbaros, Ilikkan ^a   Murat, Carikci ^a   Mehmet, Vural ^a,c   Ismet, Tekirdag Ali ^b   Can, Keven ^b   Sukufe, Diren ^a   Ismail, Çepni ^a   Yildiz, Perk ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SSK Bakirkoy Educational Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Nisantasi Ihlamur Yolu   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Group B streptococcus; Newborn; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MEROPENEM; OFLOXACIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; OXYTOCIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY ROOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TURKEY;

EID: 14644392159     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.02003.x     Document Type: Article

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