Evaluation of StrepB Carrot Broth versus Lim broth for detection of group B streptococcus colonization status of near-term pregnant women

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2780-2782

  Church, D L ^a,b,c   Baxter, Heather ^b   Lloyd, Tracie ^a   Miller, Beverley ^a   Elsayed, Sameer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLOR; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

DAUCUS CAROTA; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANT WOMEN; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

EID: 53149102874     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00557-08     Document Type: Article

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