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Group B streptococci colonization among Saudi women in labor and neonatal acquisition
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Group B streptococci colonization among Saudi women in labor and neonatal acquisition

S.A. Uduman, T.K. Chatterjee, M.I. Al-mouzan, Suleiman Al-Suleiman and S. A. Al Suleiman
International journal of gynecology and obstetrics, Vol.23(1), pp.21-24
02/1985
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7292(85)90005-0
PMID: 2860027

Abstract

Group B strep Labor and delivery Neonatal acquisition Perinatal transmission Vaginal colonization
Rates of high vaginal Group B Streptococcus colonization and the perinatal transmission were determined in 260 Saudi women admitted for delivery to the Obstetrical Unit of the King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar. Of these women, 24 mothers in labour had vaginal colonization (9.2%). Three neonates acquired. Group B Streptococci soon after birth on more than one body site and the perinatal transmission rate was 12.5%. Implication of these findings are reviewed.

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