Serotyping Group B Streptococci in a Small Community
Hospital: An Analysis of Distribution and Site of Isolation

Jennifer M. Smith; Jason A. Rexroth; David G. Chaffin; Susan H. Jackman

doi:10.1155/S1064744902000182

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 2002)

Serotyping Group B Streptococci in a Small Community Hospital: An Analysis of Distribution and Site of Isolation

Jennifer M. Smith,
Jason A. Rexroth,
David G. Chaffin,
Susan H. Jackman

Affiliations

Jennifer M. Smith: Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, 1542 Spring Valley Drive, Huntington 25704, WV, USA
Jason A. Rexroth: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA
David G. Chaffin: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA
Susan H. Jackman: Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, 1542 Spring Valley Drive, Huntington 25704, WV, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744902000182
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 4
pp. 165 – 169

Abstract

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Objective: To determine the prevalence and site of isolation of different serotypes of group B streptococcus (GBS) colonization or infection at a small community hospital.

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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