Correlation between Group B Streptococcal genotypes, their antimicrobial resistance profiles, and virulence genes among pregnant women in Lebanon

International Journal of Microbiology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hannoun, Antoine ^a   Shehab, Marwa ^a   Khairallah, Marie Therese ^a   Sabra, Ahmad ^a   Abi Rached, Roland ^a   Bazi, Tony ^a   Yunis, Khalid A ^a   Araj, George F ^a   Matar, Ghassan M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 79955402511     PISSN: 1687918X     EISSN: 16879198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/796512     Document Type: Article

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