Comparison of two culture media and three sampling techniques for sensitive and rapid screening of vaginal colonization by group B streptococcus in pregnant women

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3975-3977

  Gupta, Chakshu ^a   Briski, Laurence Edward ^a  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SAMPLING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VAGINA FLORA;

CERVIX UTERI; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 4644340901     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.3975-3977.2004     Document Type: Article

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