Genotyping of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci) isolated from vaginal and rectal swabs of women at 35-37 weeks of pregnancy

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 153-

  El Aila, Nabil A ^a   Tency, Inge ^b   Claeys, Geert ^a   Saerens, Bart ^a   De Backer, Ellen ^a   Temmerman, Marleen ^b   Verhelst, Rita ^a   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA SMEAR;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREGNANCY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

EID: 70449441354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-153     Document Type: Article

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