Group B streptococcal carriage, serotype distribution and antibiotic susceptibilities in pregnant women at the time of delivery in a refugee population on the Thai-Myanmar border.

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BACKGROUND: Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the leading cause of neonatal sepsis in the developed world. Little is known about its epidemiology in the developing world, where the majority of deaths from neonatal infections occur. Maternal carriage of GBS is a prerequisite for the development of early onset GBS neonatal sepsis but there is a paucity of carriage data published from the developing world, in particular South East Asia. METHODS: We undertook a cross sectional study over a 13 month ...

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Authors: Turner, C; Turner, P; Po, L; Maner, N; De Zoysa, A

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Journal: BMC infectious diseases
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 34
• Publication date: 2012-01-01
• DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-34
• EISSN: 1471-2334
• ISSN: 1471-2334
• Language: English
• Keywords: Asia; Serotyping; Perineum; Streptococcal Infections; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Prevalence; Infant, Newborn; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Vagina; Refugees; Pregnancy; Humans; Asia, Southeastern; Female; Thailand; Carrier State; Streptococcus agalactiae; Myanmar; Rectum; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; Cross-Sectional Studies