Culture-based methods for detection and identification of Streptococcus agalactiae in pregnant women - What are we missing?

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-243

  Adler, A ^a   Block, C ^a   Engelstein, D ^a   Hochner Celnikcier, D ^a   Drai Hassid, R ^a   Moses, A E ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CAROTENOID;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; HUMAN; INOCULATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 41049112959     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0421-2     Document Type: Article

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