The carriage of group B streptococci in Turkish pregnant women and its transmission rate in newborns and serotype distribution

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-33

  Eren, Aynur ^a   Küçükercan, Metin ^b   Oǧuzoǧlu, Naz ^b   Ünal, Nuriye ^b   Karateke, Ateş ^c  

^a MALTEPE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Zeynep Kamil Maternity Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carriage; Group B streptococci; Serotype

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACITRACIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SEROTYPE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

AMPICILLIN; CARRIER STATE; CEFTRIAXONE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; MATERNAL AGE; PENICILLINS; PREGNANCY; SEROTYPING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TURKEY; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 17844374841     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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