| Autor: |
Yow MD, Leeds LJ, Thompson PK, Mason EO Jr, Clark DJ, Beachler CW |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology [Am J Obstet Gynecol] 1980 May 01; Vol. 137 (1), pp. 34-8. |
| DOI: |
10.1016/0002-9378(80)90382-8 |
| Abstrakt: |
A longitudinal study of colonization by group B streptococcus (GBS) was conducted in 93 pregnant women and 92 of their infants. Positive cultures were obtained from vaginal swab specimens on at least one occasion during pregnancy from 20.4% of the women. Three types of carriage were observed: chronic, transient, and intermittent. At the time of delivery, 12.9% of the mothers were colonized by GBS. GBS colonization occurred in 41.7% of the infants of the mothers colonized intrapartum. Only 1.2% of infants intrapartum culture-negative mothers were colonized. Infants colonized at birth were culture negative by 4 months of age. This study suggests that interruption of vertical transmission of GBS from mother to infant not only would influence the incidence of early-onset GBS disease but also might reduce the incidence of late-onset GBS disease. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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