Carriage of group B streptococcus in pregnant women from Oxford, UK

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 363-366

  Jones, Nicola ^a,b   Oliver, K ^b   Jones, Y ^c   Haines, A ^c   Crook, D ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c North Oxfordshire Maternity Unit Norton Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEST INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA SMEAR;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RECTUM; RISK; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33645655845     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.029058     Document Type: Article

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