Group B streptococcus colonization among pregnant women in Uruguay

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 242-243

  Laufer, Joel ^a   Scasso, Santiago ^a   Sosa, Claudio G ^a   Rodríguez Cuns, Grisel ^a   Alonso, Justo ^a   Pons, Jose E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Colonization; Group B streptococcus; Pregnant women; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PARITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URUGUAY; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URUGUAY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66549097247     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.10.020     Document Type: Article

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