title: [Group B streptococci as an etiologic agent of infections in adults and their characteristics].
abstract: The investigation was performed on 1471 bacteriologically-positive samples of materials derived from patients hospitalized in various hospital wards (mainly gynecology and obstetrics). Group B streptococci were in 10% etiological factors of infections in patients from gynecological and obstetrical wards. These bacteria were isolated in 25% from pus, 15.7% from vaginal smears and in 13.7% from cervix uteri. In urinary tract infections, group B streptococci were present in 10.7% of urine samples with positive bacteriological result. They were also isolated from 8.3% of sperm samples treated because of infertility. Isolated strains of group B streptococci belonged most frequently to following serotypes: Ic, III, R, Ib and II consisting respectively 33.5, 19.3, 12.9, and 11.0% of all strains out of 155 tested serologically. These results demonstrate that group B streptococci are frequently causative in bacterial infections of hospitalized patients.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Zakład Mikrobiologii Lekarskiej AM w Gdańsku.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szponar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Galiński
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D012703:Serotyping; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000382:microbiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000382:microbiology; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology
vernacular_title: Paciorkowce grupy B jako czynnik etiologiczny schorzeń u dorosłych i ich charakterystyka.