Carriage rate of group B streptococci in pregnant women in three teaching hospitals in Shiraz, Iran

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-282

  Hassanzadeh, Parvin ^a   Motamedifar, Mohammad ^b   Gharaghani, Maral Namdari ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carriage rate; Group B streptococci; Iran; Pregnant women; Shiraz

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; PREGNANCY; RECTUM; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953661271     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323754     Document Type: Article

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