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Group B streptococcal colonization: Prevalence and impact of smoking in women delivering term or near term neonates in a large tertiary care hospital in the southern United States

BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS: The role of smoking as a risk factor for group B streptococcal (GBS) colonization in women during pregnancy has not been previously adequately explored. We hypothesized that women of term or near term neonates who smoked during pregnancy were more likely to have GBS coloni...

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Autores principales: Kum-Nji, Philip, Meloy, Linda, Pierce, John, Ritter, Amanda, Wheeler, Rachel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7498066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32941502
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239294