title: [A study of group B streptococcus in pregnant women of eastern São Paulo].
abstract: A retrospective, cross-sectional study of 30 women seen at a Basic Health Care Unit (BHCU) in the Eastern Section of São Paulo, using interviews and medical record reviews, to determine how group B streptococcus (GBS) was detected in pregnant women. The patients in the studied sample received prenatal care at the UBS and delivered their babies between January 2009 and December 2010. Twenty-three of the women (76.7% of the total) underwent a GBS culture, 82.6% of which yielded a negative result and 17.4% of which yielded a positive result; 43.5% of these women underwent the test between 35 and 37 weeks of gestation; and 23.5% of the participants were not tested, mostly because no test was requested. GBS screening failures were shown have occurred during the selected period.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil. juliana.funcao@usp.br
authors.forename: Juliana Mello
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Função
authors.forename: Nádia Zanon
authors.initials: NZ
authors.lastname: Narchi
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae; D055815:Young Adult