| Title | [Neonatal group B colonization and maternal urogenital and anorectal system carriage] | | Author(s) | Gökalp A, Oğuz A, Bakici Z, Gültekin A, Toksoy H, Gürel M, Kanra G | | Institution | Cumhuriyet Universitesi, Tip Fakültesi, Pediatri Anabilim Dali. | | Source | Mikrobiyol Bul 1986 Oct; 20(4):248-55. | | MeSH | Adolescent
Adult
Carrier State
Ear Canal
English Abstract
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Pharynx
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
Rectum
Streptococcal Infections
Streptococcus agalactiae
Umbilicus
Urogenital System
| | Abstract | In pregnant women, the main reservoirs of group B streptococci (GBS) are rectum and urethra. The mother's birth canal and the newborn infant easily contract the organisms from these sites. We studied 100 women and their newborn babies to determine the relation between the maternal carriage and the neonatal group B streptococcal colonization. Vaginal, urethral and rectal swabs obtained from all pregnant women during labor. Within a few minutes after birth and on day 4 of life swab specimens were also taken from the external auditory canal, throat and umbilicus of the infants. The overall maternal carriage rate was found to be 7.00 percent. The frequency of transmission to the neonates was found to be 57.14 percent among maternal carriers. In early neonatal period, the colonization rate of GBS was found to be % 4.0 percent and the infection rate of GBS was found to be 2.0 percent among the newborn population. | | Language | tur | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 3309583 |
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