Evaluation of trans-vag broth, colistin-nalidixic agar, and CHROMagar StrepB for detection of group B streptococcus in vaginal and rectal swabs from pregnant women in South Africa

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2515-2519

  Kwatra, Gaurav ^a   Madhi, Shabir A ^a,b   Cutland, Clare L ^a   Buchmann, Eckhart J ^a   Adrian, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISK DIFFUSION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PLATING MEDIUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANT WOMEN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880627957     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00251-13     Document Type: Article

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