Differences in Innate Immunologic Response to Group B
Streptococcus Between Colonized and Noncolonized Women

Jennifer M. Smith; Rachel H. Respess; David G. Chaffin; Bryan  Larsen; Susan H. Jackman

doi:10.1155/S1064744901000230

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 2001)

Differences in Innate Immunologic Response to Group B Streptococcus Between Colonized and Noncolonized Women

Jennifer M. Smith,
Rachel H. Respess,
David G. Chaffin,
Bryan Larsen,
Susan H. Jackman

Affiliations

Jennifer M. Smith: Departments of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, USA
Rachel H. Respess: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Marshall University School of Medicine, 1542 Spring Valley Drive, Huntington 25704, WV, USA
David G. Chaffin: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Marshall University School of Medicine, 1542 Spring Valley Drive, Huntington 25704, WV, USA
Bryan Larsen: Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center, Des Moines, IA, USA
Susan H. Jackman: Departments of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744901000230
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 3
pp. 125 – 132

Abstract

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Objective: To evaluate the functional capacity of granulocytes and monocytes from pregnant and nonpregnant women in relation to group B streptococcus (GBS) colonization status.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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