| Title | Serotype distribution and antibiotic susceptibility of group B streptococci in pregnant women. | | Author(s) | Dhanoa A, Karunakaran R, Puthucheary SD | | Institution | School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University, Malaysia. | | Source | Epidemiol Infect 2009 Nov 5.:1-3. | | Abstract | SUMMARYGroup B streptococcus (GBS) is a leading cause of neonatal sepsis and is usually acquired via the woman's birth canal. GBS serotypes isolated from 200 pregnant women were determined. Serotypes V (19%) and VI (17%) were the most frequent followed by serotypes III (12%), Ia (11.5%) and IV (10%); 17% of the strains were non-typable. All isolates were susceptible to penicillin, 96% to erythromycin and 97.5% to clindamycin. The emergence of new GBS serotypes has important implications for vaccine prevention strategies. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19889253 |
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