Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 86-90 , 2009

Vaginal carriage and antibiotic susceptibility profile of group B Streptococcus during late pregnancy in Ismailia, Egypt

  • Sarah Ahmed Abd El-kawy Shabayek

      Affiliations

    • El Kilo 4.5, The New University Buildings, Suez Canal University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Microbiology and Immunology Department, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Tel.: +20 122712598/643917750; fax: +20 643230741.
    • ,
  • Salah Mohamed Abdalla

      Affiliations

    • El Kilo 4.5, The New University Buildings, Suez Canal University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Microbiology and Immunology Department, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
    • ,
  • Abouzeid M.H. Abouzeid

      Affiliations

    • Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, Ismailia General Hospital, Ismailia, Egypt

Received 3 February 2009 ,Revised 26 March 2009 ,Accepted 30 March 2009.

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PII: S1876-0341(09)00027-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2009.03.004

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 86-90 , 2009

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