Epidemiology of and prenatal molecular distinction between invasive and colonizing group B streptococci in the Netherlands and Taiwan

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 921-928

  Van Elzakker, E ^a   Yahiaoui, R ^a   Visser, C ^b   Oostvogel, P ^c   Muller, A ^d   Ho, Y R ^e   Wu, J J ^e   Van Belkum, A ^d  

^a HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TAIWAN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 68849106956     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0726-4     Document Type: Article

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