Comparison of rapid intrapartum screening methods for group B streptococcal vaginal colonization

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 225-229

  Aziz, Natali ^a,b   Baron, Ellen J ^a   D'Souza, Holly ^a   Nourbakhsh, Mir ^a   Druzin, Maurice L ^a   Benitz, William E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Maternal Fetal Medicine and Reproductive Infectious Disease Fellow   (United States)

Author keywords

GBS; OIA; PCR; Rapid intrapartum testing; Vaginal colonization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

EID: 28844468969     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050500278048     Document Type: Article

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