ArticleBrazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology]2010
Detection of Group B Streptococcus in Brazilian pregnant women and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns.
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- Vertical Transmission, Risk Factors, and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Group BThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2022Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Group BThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2021Article
- Prevalence of rectovaginal colonization by group B Streptococcus in pregnant women seen at prenatal care program of a health organization.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2020Article
- Group B Streptococcus detection in pregnant women: comparison of qPCR assay, culture, and the Xpert GBS rapid test.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Article
- Streptococcus agalactiae in pregnant women in Brazil: prevalence, serotypes, and antibiotic resistance.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2019Review
- Group BMicrobiology spectrum · 2019Review
- Group B streptococci vaginal colonization and drug susceptibility pattern among pregnant women attending in selected public antenatal care centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2018Article
- Phytotherapy inJournal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2017Review
- Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles, serotype distribution and virulence determinants among invasive, non-invasive and colonizing Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus) from Malaysian patients.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2015Article
- Penicillin susceptibility and macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance in group B Streptococcus isolates from a Canadian hospital.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2012Article
- Streptococcus Agalactiae Carriage, Serotype Distribution and Associated Antibiogram among Pregnant and Non-pregnant Women in Jos City, Nigeria.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationArticle
- Maternal colonization of group B streptococcus: prevalence, associated factors and antimicrobial resistance.Annals of Saudi medicineArticle
- Clinical Profile and Outcome of Group B Streptococcal Colonization in Mothers and Neonates in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates: A Prospective Observational Study.Saudi journal of medicine & medical sciencesArticle
- Assessment of conventional PCR and real-time PCR compared to the gold standard method for screening Streptococcus agalactiae in pregnant women.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious DiseasesArticle
- Validation of the content of the prevention protocol for early sepsis caused by Streptococcus agalactiaein newborns.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemArticle
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Abstract
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is still not routinely screened during pregnancy in Brazil, being prophylaxis and empirical treatment based on identification of risk groups. This study aimed to investigate GBS prevalence in Brazilian pregnant women by culture or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) associated to the enrichment culture, and to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of isolated bacteria, so as to support public health policies and empirical prophylaxis. After an epidemiological survey, vaginal and anorectal specimens were collected from 221 consenting laboring women. Each sample was submitted to enrichment culture and sheep blood agar was used to isolate suggestive GBS. Alternatively, specific PCR was performed from enrichment cultures. Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns were determined for isolated bacteria by agar diffusion method. No risk groups were identified. Considering the culture-based methodology, GBS was detected in 9.5% of the donors. Twenty five bacterial strains were isolated and identified. Through the culture-PCR methodology, GBS was detected in 32.6% specimens. Bacterial resistance was not detected against ampicillin, cephazolin, vancomycin and ciprofloxacin, whereas 22.7% were resistant to erythromycin and 50% were resistant to clindamycin. GBS detection may be improved by the association of PCR and enrichment culture. Considering that colony selection in agar plates may be laboring and technician-dependent, it may not reflect the real prevalence of streptococci. As in Brazil prevention strategies to reduce the GBS associated diseases have not been adopted, prospective studies are needed to anchor public health policies especially considering the regional GBS antimicrobial susceptibility patterns.
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