Author's response to reviews Title: Identification and genotyping of bacteria from paired vaginal and rectal samples from women at 35 weeks of gestation indicates similarity between vaginal and rectal microflora Authors:
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Nabil Abdullah El Aila ([email protected]) Inge Tency ([email protected]) Geert Claeys ([email protected]) Marleen Temmerman ([email protected]) Hans Verstraelen ([email protected]) Bart Saerens ([email protected]) Ellen De Backer ([email protected]) Guido Lopes dos Santos Santiago ([email protected]) Rita Verhelst ([email protected]) Mario Vaneechoutte ([email protected]) Piet Cools ([email protected])
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Author's response to reviews Title: Genotyping of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci) isolated from vaginal and rectal swabs of women at 35-37 weeks of pregnancy Authors:
Title: Genotyping of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci) isolated from vaginal and rectal swabs of women at 35-37 weeks of pregnancy
متن کاملIdentification and genotyping of bacteria from paired vaginal and rectal samples from pregnant women indicates similarity between vaginal and rectal microflora
BACKGROUND The vaginal microflora is important for maintaining vaginal health and preventing infections of the reproductive tract. The rectum has been suggested as the major source for the colonisation of the vaginal econiche. METHODS To establish whether the rectum can serve as a possible bacterial reservoir for colonisation of the vaginal econiche, we cultured vaginal and rectal specimens f...
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تاریخ انتشار 2009