Evaluation of the Xpert® group B streptococcus real-time polymerase chain reaction assay compared to StrepB Carrot Broth™ for the rapid intrapartum detection of group B streptococcus colonization

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 460-462

  Church, Deirdre Leigh ^a,b   Baxter, Heather ^b   Lloyd, Tracie ^a   Miller, Beverley ^a   Gregson, Daniel B ^b  

^a CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Group B streptococcus; Strep carrot broth; Xpert GBS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM; SCREENING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PARTURITION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 79952409336     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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