Group B streptococcus prevalence in pregnant women from North-Eastern Italy: Advantages of a screening strategy based on direct plating plus broth enrichment

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1140-1143

  Busetti, Marina ^b   D'Agaro, Pierlanfranco ^b   Campello, Cesare ^a,b  

^a Department of Public Medicine Sciences   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AZTREONAM; COLISTIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 35349005210     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2006.043489     Document Type: Article

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