Acquisition and Transmission of Group BStreptococcusduring Pregnancy | Zendy

Betsy Foxman | Zendy; Carmen L. B. de Azevedo | Zendy; Miatta A. Buxton | Zendy; Joan DeBusscher | Zendy; Parvathy Pillai | Zendy; Newton Sérgio de Carvalho | Zendy; Cibele BarbosaCesnik | Zendy

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Acquisition and Transmission of Group BStreptococcusduring Pregnancy

Author(s) -

Betsy Foxman,

Carmen L. B. de Azevedo,

Miatta A. Buxton,

Joan DeBusscher,

Parvathy Pillai,

Newton Sérgio de Carvalho,

Cibele BarbosaCesnik

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/592221

Subject(s) - group b , streptococcus agalactiae , streptococcus , transmission (telecommunications) , pregnancy , neonatal sepsis , meningitis , sepsis , medicine , obstetrics , group a , immunology , pediatrics , biology , bacteria , electrical engineering , genetics , engineering

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a major cause of neonatal sepsis and meningitis. We followed up 78 pregnant couples for < or =2 months to estimate the risk of GBS transmission. Among couples with discordant GBS status, we observed 1 male-to-female transmission event (1 of 3 couples in which the woman was GBS negative at enrollment), but no female-to-male transmission events (0 of 8 couples in which the man was GBS negative at enrollment).

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