Streptococcus agalactiae in pregnancies complicated by preterm prelabor rupture of membranes.
OBJECTIVE
The main aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of Streptococcus agalactiae (S. agalactiae) in the vagina and the amniotic fluid in pregnancies complicated by preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM). The next aim was to evaluate the incidence of S. agalactiae early onset sepsis in newborns from PPROM pregnancies, with respect to the presence of S. agalactiae in the vagina and the amniotic fluid.


METHODS
Singleton gestations with PPROM between 24 + 0 and 36 + 6 were included. A vaginal swab was obtained, and amniocentesis was performed at admission. The presence of S. agalactiae in the vagina and in the amniotic fluid was assessed by culture and by real-time polymerase chain reaction, respectively.


RESULTS
In total, 336 women were included. The presence of S. agalactiae in the vaginal and amniotic fluid was found in 9% (31/336) and 1% (3/336) of women. One woman had S. agalactiae in the amniotic fluid but was negative for the presence of S. agalactiae in the vaginal fluid. Early onset neonatal sepsis developed in one newborn from pregnancies complicated by the presence of S. agalactiae in the amniotic fluid.


CONCLUSIONS
The presence of S. agalactiae in the vagina and amniotic fluid complicated approximately each 10th and each 100th PPROM pregnancy. Cultivation-negative findings of S. agalactiae in the vagina did not exclude the positivity of the amniotic fluid for S. agalactiae and the development of early onset sepsis in newborns.
a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove , Charles University in Prague, University Hospital Hradec Kralove , Czech Republic .
Ivana
I
Musilova
b Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Diagnosis, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Charles University in Prague, University Hospital Hradec Kralove , Czech Republic .
Lenka
L
Pliskova
b Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Diagnosis, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Charles University in Prague, University Hospital Hradec Kralove , Czech Republic .
Radka
R
Kutova
c Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Sahlgrenska Academy , Gothenburg , Sweden .|d Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology , Department of Genes and Environment , Oslo , Norway .
Bo
B
Jacobsson
e Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Charles University in Prague, University Hospital Hradec Kralove , Czech Republic , and.
Pavla
P
Paterova
a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove , Charles University in Prague, University Hospital Hradec Kralove , Czech Republic .|f Biomedical Research Center , University Hospital Hradec Kralove , Czech Republic.
Marian
M
Kacerovsky
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology; D055815:Young Adult
Amniocentesis; amniotic fluid; group B streptococcus; sepsis; vaginal swab