Prevalence of colonization by group B Streptococcus in pregnant women from a public maternity of Northwest region of Brazil

Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetrícia : revista da Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
Adriana Lima dos Reis CostaKátia Lima Andrade

Abstract

to assess the prevalence of group B streptococcus colonization (GBS) in pregnant women in prodrome or in labor. vaginal and rectal cultures were collected from 201 pregnant women, in the admission sector of a public maternity center in the northeast region of Brazil (São Luís, Maranhão). The samples obtained were inoculated in a Todd-Hewith's selective culture medium and after that they were sub-cultivated in blood-agar plates. The CAMP (Christie, Atkins, Munch-Petersen) test was used to identify GBS, which was then serologically confirmed by the BioMérieux Api 20 Strep kit microtest. GBS positive samples were submitted to an antibiotic sensitivity test. Sociodemographic variables, gynecological-obstetrical antecedents, and perinatal outcomes were studied. The Epi-Info 3.3.2 programs from World Health Organization and Statistical Package for Social Sciences 14.0 version were used for the statistical analysis. The prevalence ratio was used as risk measure, considering p<0.05 as significance level, and accepting 80% power. the prevalence of SGB colonization in the mothers was 20.4%. There was no association between the sociodemographic variables or gynecological-obstetrical antecedents and a larger presence of SGB colonization. T...Continue Reading

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Mar 22, 2013·Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P·Juliana Mello Função, Nádia Zanon Narchi
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Aug 23, 2019·Brazilian Journal of Microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology]·Cilicia S do NascimentoCarla R Taddei
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