First-trimester group B Streptococcus colonization of the cervix: A risk factor for maternal colonization at term?

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 496-500

  Daimaru Enoki, Lissa C ^a   Morgan, Margie ^a   Nichols, W Stephen ^a   Silverman, Neil S ^a,b  

^a BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Pregnancy, first trimester; Streptococcus group B

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIURIA; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URINE CULTURE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; BACTERIURIA; CERVIX UTERI; COHORT STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 22544486603     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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