Antenatal screening for group B Streptococcus: A diagnostic cohort study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hiller, Janet E ^a   McDonald, Helen M ^b   Darbyshire, Philip ^b   Crowther, Caroline A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 26844452980     PISSN: 14712393     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-5-12     Document Type: Article

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