Risk factors for Group B Streptococcus colonisation and disease in Gambian women and their infants

Journal of Infection

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 283-294

  Le Doare, K ^a,b,c,d   Jarju, S ^b   Darboe, S ^b   Warburton, F ^c   Gorringe, A ^c   Heath, P T ^d   Kampmann, B ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC Unit   (Gambia)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group B Streptococcus; Immunity; Neonatal infection; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; GAMBIAN; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; SKIN INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA SMEAR; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; GAMBIA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958152732     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2015.12.014     Document Type: Article

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