Maternal colonization with Streptococcus agalactiae and associated stillbirth and neonatal disease in coastal Kenya
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Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a major cause of severe systemic and local infections in newborns. This study was performed to evaluate the presence of GBS in pregnant women and their newborns in Tabriz, Iran. Vaginal specimens were collected from 965 women who were candidate for vaginal delivery for bacteriological study of group B streptococci. Several samples from various sites of the newborn...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Microbiology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2058-5276
DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.67