Maternal carriage and neonatal colonisation of group B streptococcus in eastern Turkey: Prevalence, risk factors and antimicrobial resistance

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 437-440

  Kadanali, Ayten ^a   Altoparlak, U ^a   Kadanali, S ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Group B streptococcus; Maternal; Neonatal; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THROAT CULTURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VAGINA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TURKEY;

EID: 16344394722     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2005.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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