Oral Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and Lactobacillus reuteri RC-14 to reduce Group B Streptococcus colonization in pregnant women: A randomized controlled trial

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 515-518

  Ho, Ming ^a   Chang, Yin Yi ^a   Chang, Wei Chun ^a   Lin, Hung Chih ^a   Wang, Mei Hung ^a   Lin, Wu Chou ^a   Chiu, Tsan Hung ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

GBS colonization; GBS infection; intrapartum antibiotic; oral probiotics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI RC 14; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS GR 1; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VOMITING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RECTUM; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRANSMISSION; VAGINA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROBIOTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

EID: 84979619133     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: 18756263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tjog.2016.06.003     Document Type: Article

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