Increasing prevalence of group B streptococcal infection among pregnant women

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Petersen, Kathrine Birch ^a   Johansen, Helle Krogh ^a,b   Rosthøj, Susanne ^c   Krebs, Lone ^d   Pinborg, Anja ^e   Hedegaard, Morten ^a  

^a International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^b Technical University of Denmark   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d HOLBÆK HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CESAREAN SECTION; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; URINE CULTURE; VAGINA SWAB; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906875862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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