Survival and biofilm formation by Group B streptococci in simulated vaginal fluid at different pHs

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 677-682

  Borges, Sandra ^a   Silva, Joana ^a   Teixeira, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Group B Streptococcus; Neonatal infection; Vaginal fluid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PH; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOFILMS; BODY FLUIDS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PEPTONES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SOLUTIONS; SOYBEANS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 84857915285     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-011-9666-y     Document Type: Article

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