Evaluation of the cepheid Xpert GBS assay for rapid detection of group B streptococci in amniotic fluids from pregnant women with premature rupture of membranes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1305-1306

  Bourgeois Nicolaos, Nadege ^a   Cordier, Anne Gael ^a   Guillet Caruba, Christelle ^a   Casanova, François ^a   Benachi, Alexandra ^a   Doucet Populaire, Florence ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^b University Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; XPERT GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 84875837983     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03356-12     Document Type: Article

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