Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA colonization rates among gravidas admitted to labor and delivery: A pilot study

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 2007, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Beigi, R ^a   Hanrahan, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY ROOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NOSE; OHIO; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINA;

EID: 38649111927     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/70876     Document Type: Article

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