Is there an increase in the incidence of GBS carrier rates among pregnant women in northern Israel?

Harefuah

Volumn 145, Issue 12 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 866-869

  German, Leonid ^a   Solt, Ido ^a   Bornstein, Jacob ^a   Ben Harush, Shani ^a   Ben Elishai, Mordechai ^a   Weintraub, Zalman ^a  

^a WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agalactiae; Beta hemolytic; Infection; Neonatal sepsis; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISRAEL; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VAGINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

EID: 33947540550     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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