title: The prevalence of group B streptococci in human urogenital secretions.
abstract: Urogenital secretions from a total of 510 patients (153 female and 151 male venereological patients, 123 gynaecological patients and 83 gynaecologically normal women) have been examined for group B streptococci (B-str.) and gonococci. The prevalence of B-str. (32%) among the female venereological patients was significantly higher than among the gynaecological patients (21.1%) and normal women (18.0%). Urethral samples gave a higher recovery rate of B-str. than cervical samples. A significant correlation was demonstrated between the presence of B-str. and the diagnosis of vaginitis in the gynaecological material. Fermentation types of B-str. isolated from urogenital patients differed considerably from the types prevalent in bovine isolates.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D003718:Denmark; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology; D014627:Vaginitis / Q000382:microbiology