Group B streptococci colonization in pregnant women: Risk factors and evaluation of the vaginal flora

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 283, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 717-721

  Rocchetti, Talita T ^a   Marconi, Camila ^a   Rall, Vera L M ^a   Borges, Vera T M ^a   Corrente, José E ^a   Da Silva, Márcia G ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Group B streptococci; Pregnancy; Risk factors; Vaginal flora

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CYCLIC AMP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955930288     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1439-8     Document Type: Article

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