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Article in IJID regions, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Global patterns of antibiotic resistance in group BFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Pooled it
- Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Carriage in Pregnant Women: Possible Emergence of Rare Serotypes and Antibiotic Resistance in Neonatal Disease.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Antibiotic Resistance and Presence of Persister Cells in the Biofilm-like Environments inAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Interspecies Interactions within the Host: the Social Network of Group BInfection and immunity · 2023Review
- Prevalence, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern and Associated Factors ofInfection and drug resistance · 2023Article
- Near-term pregnant women in the Dominican Republic experience high rates of Group B Streptococcus rectovaginal colonization with virulent strains.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Objective: To assess colonization of Methods: Vaginal swabs were collected from 248 pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in northern Trinidad, and processed using standard microbiological laboratory tests to confirm GBS. Polymerase chain reaction detected Results: The GBS carriage rate was 29% (72/248, 95% confidence interval 23.3-34.8), and carriage was significantly associated with variables including gestational diabetes ( Conclusion: GBS colonization among pregnant women and resistance to commonly used antibiotics are high in Trinidad and Tobago. A population-based study is required to obtain accurate figures in order to improve maternal healthcare services.
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