Genotypic diversity and serotype distribution of group B Streptococcus isolated from women before and after delivery

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1829-1837

  Manning, Shannon D ^a,b   Lewis, Maggi A ^a   Springman, A Cody ^a,b   Lehotzky, Erica ^a,b   Whittam, Thomas S ^a   Davies, H Dele ^b,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MATERNAL AGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RECTUM; SEROTYPING; VAGINA;

ADULT; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CANADA; CARRIER STATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RECTUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 46249094200     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588296     Document Type: Article

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