Observational studyBMC infectious diseases2018
Maternal vaginal colonization with selected potential pathogens of neonatal sepsis in the era of antimicrobial resistance, a single center experience from Sri Lanka.
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- Phenotypic and genotypic landscape of antibiotic resistance through One Health approach in Sri Lanka: A systematic review.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2025Pooled it
- Comprehensive analysis of antimicrobial resistance in the Southwest Indian Ocean: focus on WHO critical and high priority pathogens.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Gender and equity within antimicrobial resistance: a scoping review of evidence and policy in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Neonatal Infections Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria: An Analysis of Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Therapeutic Implications-A Narrative Review.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Infectious diseases in pregnancy in Sri Lanka: gaps in surveillance, diagnosis, and policy: a scoping review.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Colonization of selected antibiotic-resistant bacteria among pregnant women: a cross-sectional study at a tertiary care hospital in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Molecular Relatedness of Maternal and Neonatal Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Colonization Isolates in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Review
- Vaginal colonization, vertical transmission rate, antimicrobial susceptibility profile, and associated factors of potential neonatal pathogens among pregnant women at public health facilities of Northeast Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Maternal Colonization Versus Nosocomial Transmission as the Source of Drug-Resistant Bloodstream Infection in an Indian Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Prospective Cohort Study.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2023Article
- Acquisition and carriage of genetically diverse multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacilli in hospitalised newborns in The Gambia.Communications medicine · 2023Article
- Risk Factors Associated with Multi-Drug Resistance in Neonatal Sepsis Caused byInfection and drug resistance · 2023Article
- Colonization of Group BPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Vaginal Microbiota Composition and Genital Infections during and after Pregnancy among Women in Pemba Island, Tanzania.Microorganisms · 2022Article
- Whole-genome sequencing-based phylogeny, antibiotic resistance, and invasive phenotype of Escherichia coli strains colonizing the cervix of women in preterm labor.BMC microbiology · 2021Article
- Colonization with selected antibiotic resistant bacteria among a cohort of Sri Lankan university students.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Colonization Rate of Potential Neonatal Disease-Causing Bacteria, Associated Factors, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile Among Pregnant Women Attending Government Hospitals in Hawassa, Ethiopia.Infection and drug resistance · 2021Article
- Colonization of the Preterm Neonatal Gut with Carbapenem-resistantJournal of global infectious diseasesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundMaternal vaginal colonization with antibiotic resistant organisms is a growing concern in countries with high antibiotic resistance rates.
methodsA low vaginal swab was collected from mothers on admission, on discharge and a peri-rectal swab was collected from the neonates born to these mothers on discharge. Routine microbiological methods were used to identify the colonization rates for Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp. and Streptococcus agalactiae.
resultsThe pre-delivery colonization rate among the 250 participants for total Enterobacteriaceae was 18.8%. The colonization rates for Klebsiella spp., E. coli and S. agalactiae were, 12.4, 5.6 and 14.8% respectively. Two Klebsiella spp. and two E. coli isolates were confirmed to be exentend spectrum β lactamase (ESBL) producers with the commonest resistant determinant being bla
conclusionsThe lower level of antimicrobial resistance among these potentially community acquired isolates is encouraging. However, in view of the increasing level of resistance reported elsewhere in the region, regular monitoring is warranted.
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