Increasing the detection rate of group B streptococcal carriers by non-selective cervico-vaginal culture accompanied with the selective vagino-anorectal one.
It has been previously well defined that selective vagino-anorectal culture is required for detection of group B streptococcal (GBS) carriage. We interestingly observed that in 5.74% of carriers, GBS were recovered only from cervico-vaginal samples inoculated onto nonselective human blood agar, without recovery from vagino-anorectal samples inoculated to four selective media.
Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Fatih University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye, Turkey. zcacikgoz@yahoo.com
Ziyd
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Cibali Açikgöz
Nilgün Oztürk
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Turhan
Söhret
S
Gamberzade
Safiye
S
Göçer
D000328:Adult; D000362:Agar; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002353:Carrier State / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000379:methods; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013048:Specimen Handling; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014626:Vaginal Smears
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D000362:Agar