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A Multi-Country Cross-Sectional Study of Vaginal Carriage of Group B Streptococci (GBS) and Escherichia coli in Resource-Poor Settings: Prevalences and Risk Factors

BACKGROUND: One million neonates die each year in low- and middle-income countries because of neonatal sepsis; group B Streptococcus (GBS) and Escherichia coli are the leading causes. In sub-Saharan Africa, epidemiological data on vaginal GBS and E. coli carriage, a prerequisite for GBS and E. coli...

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Autores principales: Cools, Piet, Jespers, Vicky, Hardy, Liselotte, Crucitti, Tania, Delany-Moretlwe, Sinead, Mwaura, Mary, Ndayisaba, Gilles F., van de Wijgert, Janneke H. H. M., Vaneechoutte, Mario
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4727807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26811897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148052