Maternal and neonatal colonisation of group B streptococcus at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: prevalence, risk factors and antimicrobial resistance

BACKGROUND: Group B streptococcus (GBS), which asymptomatically colonises the vaginal and rectal areas of women, is the leading cause of septicemia, meningitis and pneumonia in neonates. In Tanzania no studies have been done on GBS colonisation of pregnant women and neonates. This study was conducte...

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Autores principales: Joachim, Agricola, Matee, Mecky I, Massawe, Furaha A, Lyamuya, Eligius F
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2791767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19948075
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-437

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2791767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19948075
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-437

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