Carriage and transmission of group B streptococci among STD clinic patients.
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Carriage and transmission of group B streptococci among STD clinic patients.
High rates of carriage of group B streptococci were found among men (38%) and women (42.3%) attending a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases. Swabs from the perineal/anorectal area gave the highest isolation rate and those from the urethra the lowest. The subpreputial sac was an important site for carriage of the organism, and there was a strong association between streptococcal isolation a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1982
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.58.5.334