Prevalence rate of group B streptococcal colonization among women in labor at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 284, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 677-679

  Zamzami, Tarik Y ^a   Marzouki, Anas M ^a   Nasrat, Hassan A ^a  

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Author keywords

GBS; Pregnant women; Prevalence rate; Streptococcal colonization

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RECTOVAGINAL CULTURE; SAUDI ARABIA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM; TIME; VAGINA;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; SAUDI ARABIA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855993145     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1752-2     Document Type: Article

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