Group B streptococcal infection in Taiwan: maternal colonization and neonatal infection.

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Published in Pediatr Neonatol on June 15, 2011

Authors

Hsiu-Wen Yu1, Hsiao-Chuan Lin, Peng-Hong Yang, Chyong-Hsin Hsu, Wu-Shiun Hsieh, Lon-Yen Tsao, Chao-Huei Chen, Hung-Chih Lin, Ya-Chun Tseng

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, Cheng Ching General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.

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