Patterns of antibiotic resistance among group B Streptococcus isolates: 2001-2004

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chohan, Lubna ^a   Hollier, Lisa M ^a   Bishop, Karen ^a   Kilpatrick, Charles C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INOCULATION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SHEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; DRUG EFFECT; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEGRO; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 33645554857     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/IDOG/2006/57492     Document Type: Article

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