Usefulness of a rapid real-time PCR assay in prenatal screening for group B streptococcus colonization

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-44

  Park, Jeong Su ^a   Cho, Dong Hee ^b   Yang, Jae Hyug ^c   Kim, Moon Young ^c   Shin, Son Moon ^d   Kim, Eui Chong ^a   Park, Sung Sup ^a   Seong, Moon Woo ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Departments of Laboratory Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Obstetrics and Gynecology   (South Korea)

^d Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Prenatal diagnosis; Real time PCR; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872116186     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2013.33.1.39     Document Type: Article

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