Evaluation of culture and PCR methods for diagnosis of group B Streptococcus carriage in Iranian pregnant women

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 65-70

  Bakhtiari, R ^a   Soltan Dallal, M M ^a   Mehrabadi, J F ^b   Heidarzadeh, S ^a   Pourmand, M R ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MALEK ASHTAR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Group B streptococcus; Polymerase chain reaction; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858376619     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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