title: Prevalence rate of group B streptococcal colonization among women in labor at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to determine the prevalence of group B streptococcus (GBS) colonization in laboring women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Delivery room at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital (KAUH), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective.
  
  
  METHODS
  Rectal and vaginal swabs were taken from low-risk women at two occasions the first around 33.5 ± 1.6 weeks gestational age and the second when they present in labor.
  
  
  RESULTS
  326 parturient women were examined during the study period. The overall intrapartum prevalence maternal GBS colonization rate was 31.6% at the mean gestational age 39.2 ± 2.5.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of intrapartum GBS colonization increase as women approach term.
authors.affiliation: tarikzamzami@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Tarik Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Zamzami
authors.forename: Anas M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Marzouki
authors.forename: Hassan A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Nasrat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology*; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013997:Time Factors; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*; D055815:Young Adult