title: Group B streptococci colonization among Saudi women in labor and neonatal acquisition.
abstract: Rates of high vaginal Group B Streptococcus colonization and the perinatal transmission were determined in 260 Saudi women admitted for delivery to the Obstetrical Unit of the King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar. Of these women, 24 mothers in labour had vaginal colonization (9.2%). Three neonates acquired Group B Streptococci soon after birth on more than one body site and the perinatal transmission rate was 12.5%. Implication of these findings are reviewed.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Uduman
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Al-Mouzan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: AL-Suleiman
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D011247:Pregnancy; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000635:transmission; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*