Rapid diagnostic test for identifying group B streptococcus

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 811-814

  Faro, Jonathan ^a   Katz, Allan ^a   Bishop, Karen ^a   Riddle, Gerald ^a   Faro, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

colonization; GBS; pregnancy; rapid diagnostic test

Indexed keywords

AGAR; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PYROXYLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855496844     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1285099     Document Type: Article

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