title: A study of group B streptococcal carrier state during late pregnancy.
abstract: The carriage of Group B Streptococcus was investigated in 500 females in the third trimester of their pregnancy by culturing vaginal and rectal swabs and urine collected from each patient. A high rate of colonization was noted since 152 cases (30.4%) were found to harbor the organism, and 219 specimens (48%) from a total of 456 collected from these 152 cases were positive for Streptococcus agalactiae. Of the 219 positive specimens, 94 (42.9%) were vaginal swabs, 90 (41.1%) were rectal swabs and the remaining 35 (16%) were urine specimens. It is recommended that vaginal and rectal swab culture be used to detect carriers of group B streptococci, since using such a combination in this study revealed 91.4% of all positive cases.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sunna
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: el-Daher
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bustami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Na'was
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology