PMID: 24341060Dec 18, 2013Paper

Group B Streptococci investigation in pre-term labors

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Elahe Zarean SeyyedMehdi Sajadi

Abstract

Pre-term delivery is still a main cause of perinatal mortality and morbidities. This study was designed to find any association between maternal Group B Streptococcus (GBS) colonization and pre-term delivery. This case-control study was conducted from March 2010 to May 2011 at two referral university hospitals (Al-Zahra and Shaheed Beheshty), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. The study sample of pregnant women was composed of a control group of 200 term pregnancy with at least 37 complete weeks, and a case group of another 200 women between 20 to 37 weeks of pregnancy with pre-term labor. Maternal GBS colonization was compared between two groups. Maternal age (26.03 +/- 4.81 vs. 27.19 +/-5.60, P = 0.07) and gravid (1.75 +/- 0.88 vs. 1.83 +/-1.08, P = 0.52) were similar in case and control groups. Level of education and gestational age were significantly higher in control versus case group (P = 0.01, P = 0.00). History ofantibiotic use during pregnancywas more frequent in case group compared with control group (P = 0.00). There were 59/151 (39.1%) positive vaginal samples in case group compared with 36/178 (20.2%) in control group (P = 0.000). There were 55/151 (36.4%) positive rectal samples in case group v...Continue Reading

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