Evaluation of the Strep B OIA test compared to standard culture methods for detection of group B streptococci

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 202-205

  Song, J Y ^a   Lin, L L ^a   Shott, S ^a   Kimber, N ^a   Tangora, J ^a   Cohen, A ^a   Wells, A ^a   Maezes, M ^a   Aroutcheva, A ^a   Faro, S ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 6544243443     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-0997(1999)7:4<202::AID-IDOG8>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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