Clinical significance of Streptococcus agalactiae isolation from urine samples of outpatients from health care centers;Significado clínico del aislamiento de Streptococcus agalactiae de orina de pacientes de centros de salud

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-91

  Hernáiz, Carmen ^a,b   Antón, Nieves ^a,b   Alós, Juan Ignacio ^a,b   Orden, Beatriz ^b,c   Ángeles Orellana, María ^b,d   Colomina, Javier ^b,e   Redondo, Jesús ^b,f   Gómez Garcés, José Luis ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

^b IAP SEIMC   (Spain)

^c Centro de Especialidades Arguelles   (Spain)

^d Robotics Lab   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DE LA RIBERA   (Spain)

^f Centro de Salud Ramón y Cajal   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community acquired infection; Streptococcus agalactiae; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIURIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PYURIA; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 2342503988     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13056888     Document Type: Article

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