Comparison of PCR and serotyping of Group B Streptococcus in pregnant women: The Oslo GBS-study

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-35

  Brigtsen, Anne Karin ^a   Dedi, Lumnije ^b   Melby, Kjetil K ^a,b   Holberg Petersen, Mona ^b   Radtke, Andreas ^c,d   Lyng, Randi Valsø ^c   Andresen, Lise Lima ^b   Jacobsen, Anne Flem ^a,b   Fugelseth, Drude ^a,b   Whitelaw, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Group B Streptococcus; Pregnancy; Serotype; Serotyping; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912008334     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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