[Frequency of colonization of beta-hemolytic group B streptococci in a sample of 939 pregnant women. Epidemiologic and clinical study].
A prospective study of group B Streptococcus colonization in 939 pregnant women from Vicenza and its region, disclosed an overall rate of 9.58% of genital colonization. Only two cases of group B streptococcal infant disease occurred in the study period (0.21%). No statistically significant difference between culture-positive and culture-negative pregnant women was found in mean age, parity, place of residence, blood group, presence of clinical disease during pregnancy, type of delivery and gestational age, birth weight and presence of any clinical disease over five days from birth of the newborn infants. The Authors make some recommendations based upon the best understanding of the epidemiology of group B streptococci available at this time.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D007558:Italy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae
Frequenza della colonizzazione da streptococco beta-emolitico di gruppo B in un campione di 939 donne gravide. Studio epidemiologico e clinico.