Intrapartum polymerase chain reaction for detection of group B streptococcus colonisation

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 236-242

  Abdelazim, Ibrahim A ^a,b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KUWAIT OIL COMPANY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

group B streptococcus colonisation; intrapartum; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIURIA; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARTURITION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

EID: 84878525266     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12030     Document Type: Article

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