Streptococcus group B (GBS) - Characteristic, occurrence in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-22

  Nowakowska, Maria ^a   Jarosz Chobot, Przemysława ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Children; Colonisation GBS; Diabetes mellitus; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; URETHRA; VAGINA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHARYNX; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 3042662714     PISSN: 01371320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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