Carriage of Streptococcus agalactiae in women and neonates and distribution of serological types: a study in Brazil
Autor: | A. A. Camelo, Sergio Eduardo Longo Fracalanzza, H. Peregrino, L. C. Benchetrit, L. A. L. R. Sanches |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 1982 |
Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Adult medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Anal Canal Cervix Uteri medicine.disease_cause Group B Serology Streptococcus agalactiae Pregnancy Medicine Humans Sex organ Typing Cervix Maternal-Fetal Exchange Aged business.industry Obstetrics Infant Newborn Middle Aged medicine.disease Carriage medicine.anatomical_structure Female business Brazil Ear Canal Research Article |
Popis: | The prevalence of group B streptococcal carriage was evaluated in nonpregnant women and in mothers and their offsprings. The overall carriage rate of group B streptococci at one site was 18.2%. Streptococci were recovered from one or more of the sites sampled in 25.6% of mothers and 15.4% of newborn infants. The maternal genital carriage rate was 18.6%, and acquisition of the organism from the mother was assessed by serological typing of group B streptococcal isolates in the mother-infant pairs. A cervical carriage rate of 16.3% was seen in nonpregnant women. |
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