title: Epidemiology of group B streptococci colonization and disease in mothers and infants: update of ongoing 10-year Jerusalem study.
abstract: A study in 1984 of the colonization rates of Group B beta hemolytic streptococci (GBS) in 257 Jewish and 189 Arab parturient women revealed rates of 5.4 and 1.6% respectively. In 1987, a study of 116 Jewish women noted a rte of 3.5%. GBS colonization rates in the newborns of the three groups were 1.8, 1.3 and 1.1% respectively. No statistically significant differences were noted between any of the maternal or neonatal groups. A review of the period 1982-87 revealed a GBS neonatal sepsis attack rate of 0.2/1,000 live births. These data confirm the persistent low incidence of GBS colonization and disease in the Jerusalem area.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Eidelman
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rudensky
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Turgeman
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nubani
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Schimmel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Isacsohn
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D012703:Serotyping; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification