Group B Streptococcus carriers among HIV-1 infected pregnant women: Prevalence and risk factors

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 54-58

  El Beitune, Patrícia ^a   Duarte, Geraldo ^a   Maffei, Cláudia Maria Leite ^a   Quintana, Silvana Maria ^a   De Sá Rosa E Silva, Ana Carolina J ^a   Nogueira, Antonio Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

HIV 1; Pregnancy; Risk factors; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANUS SMEAR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SMEAR; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STUDENT T TEST; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 33748144220     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2006.02.017     Document Type: Article

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