Risk factors related to group B streptococcal colonization in pregnant women in labor

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1287-1292

  Kovavisarach, Ekachai ^a,b   Sa ad ying, Warintorn ^a,b   Kanjanahareutai, Suwattana ^a  

^a RAJAVITHI HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b RANGSIT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Colonization; GBS; Group B streptococcus; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABOR COMPLICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THAILAND;

EID: 34548526414     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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