Assessment of Clindamycin and Erythromycin Resistance, and Inducible Clindamycin Resistance in Streptococcus Group B Isolated from Urinary Samples of Outpatient Women in Tehran

<h2>Background: Streptococcus group B (GBS) or Streptococcus agalactiae is typically associated with neonatal disease and infection in pregnant women. Mortality of GBS sepsis in neonates is over 50% and is particularly high in preterm infants. GBS also causes invasive infection in pregnant and...

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Main Authors: Homa Frouhesh-Tehrani, Asghar Ashrafi-Hafez, Zohreh Sharifi, Hossein Farahzadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2015-04-01
Series:Novelty in Biomedicine
Online Access:http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/index.php/nbm/article/view/8678