Bacterial vaginosis and group B streptococcal colonization and preterm delivery in a low-risk population

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 172-176

  Daskalakis, George ^a,b   Papapanagiotou, Angeliki ^a   Mesogitis, Spyros ^a   Papantoniou, Nikolaos ^a   Mavromatis, Konstantinos ^a   Antsaklis, Aris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Group B streptococcus; Preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33344458728     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089298     Document Type: Article

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