Maternal carriage and neonatal colonization of Streptococcus agalactiae in Tabriz, Northwest Iran

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-181

  Nahaei, Mohammad Reza ^a   Ghandchilar, N ^a   Bilan, N ^a   Ghahramani, P ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Pregnancy, septicemia; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROORGANISM; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NOSE; PREGNANT WOMAN; SAMPLE; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UMBILICUS; VAGINA; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 39449122705     PISSN: 02530716     EISSN: 17353688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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