Bacteruria with group-B streptococcus: Is it a risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1983-1986

  Kessous, Roy ^a   Weintraub, Adi Y ^a   Sergienko, Ruslan ^b   Lazer, Tal ^a   Press, Fernanda ^a   Wiznitzer, Arnon ^a   Sheiner, Eyal ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adverse pregnancy outcome; Bacteriuria; Group B streptococcus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIURIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; URINE CULTURE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIURIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866370377     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.671872     Document Type: Article

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