Performance of Hitchens-Pike-Todd-Hewitt medium for group B streptococcus screening in pregnant women.

Performance of Hitchens-Pike-Todd-Hewitt medium for group B streptococcus screening in pregnant women.

Group B streptococcus (GBS), which commonly colonizes the female genital tract and rectum, can cause infections in newborns with varying severity, possibly leading to death. The aim of the present study was to evaluate Hitchens-Pike-Todd-Hewitt (HPTH) medium performance for GBS screening in pregnant...

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Main Authors: Simone Cristina Castanho Sabaini de Melo, Angela Andréia França Gavena, Flávia Teixeira Ribeiro Silva, Ricardo Castanho Moreira, Regiane Bertin de Lima Scodro, Rosilene Fressatti Cardoso, Vera Lúcia Dias Siqueira, Rúbia Andreia Faleiros de Pádua, Maria Dalva de Barros Carvalho, Sandra Marisa Pelloso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4400012?pdf=render

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