Self-Sampling for Group B Streptococcus in Women 35 to 37 Weeks Pregnant Is Accurate and Acceptable: A Randomized Cross-Over Trial

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1083-1088

  Price, David ^a   Shaw, Elizabeth ^a   Howard, Michelle ^a   Zazulak, Joyce ^a   Waters, Heather ^a   Kaczorowski, Janusz ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Group B Streptococcus; Pregnancy; Self sampling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARITY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLING; SELF SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; RISK; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 36049047442     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32337-4     Document Type: Article

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