Carriage of group B streptococcus in pregnant women from Oxford, UK.

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate asymptomatic vagino-rectal carriage of group B streptococcus (GBS) in pregnant women. METHODS: Women in the final trimester of pregnancy were recruited. A single vagino-rectal swab was taken, with consent, for culture of GBS. Two microbiological methods for isolation of GBS from vagino-rectal swabs were compared. The distribution of capsular serotypes of the GBS identified was determined. Epidemiological data for a subset (n = 167) of the pregnant women participatin...

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Authors: Jones, N; Oliver, K; Jones, Y; Haines, A; Crook, D

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of clinical pathology
• Volume: 59
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 363-366
• Publication date: 2006-04-01
• DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.029058
• EISSN: 1472-4146
• ISSN: 0021-9746
• Language: English
• Keywords: Rectum; Carrier State; Male; Vaginal Smears; Infant, Newborn; Female; Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; England; Streptococcal Infections; Algorithms; Obstetric Labor Complications; Pregnancy; Incidence; Bacteriological Techniques; Serotyping; Risk; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; Vagina; Humans; Pregnancy Trimester, Third; Streptococcus