Epidemiology of group B streptococcus in Korean pregnant women

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 292-298

  Lee, B K ^a   Song, Y R ^a   Kim, M Y ^b   Yang, J H ^b   Shin, J H ^c   Seo, Y S ^c   Oh, K Y ^a   Yoon, H R ^d   Pai, S Y ^e   Foxman, B ^f   Ki, M ^e  

^a Eulji University   (South Korea)

^b Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Eulji General Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Seoul Medical Science Institute   (South Korea)

^e Eulji University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Cefazolin; Clindamycin; Colonization rate; Erythromycin; Prevalence; Serotype

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; KOREA; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 74949137379     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809990859     Document Type: Article

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