Point Prevalence Study of Antibiotic Susceptibility of Genital Group B Streptococcus Isolated from Near‐Term Pregnant Women in Calgary, Alberta | Zendy

Deirdre L. Church | Zendy; Julie Carson | Zendy; Dan Gregson | Zendy

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Point Prevalence Study of Antibiotic Susceptibility of Genital Group B Streptococcus Isolated from Near‐Term Pregnant Women in Calgary, Alberta

Author(s) -

Deirdre L. Church,

Julie Carson,

Dan Gregson

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634

H-Index - 38

eISSN - 1918-1493

pISSN - 1712-9532

DOI - 10.1155/2012/876103

Subject(s) - erythromycin , clindamycin , penicillin , etest , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , antibiotics , neonatal sepsis , biology , sepsis

Genital group B streptococcus (GBS) may be transmitted from a colonized mother to her infant if appropriate intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis is not given. A recent case of GBS neonatal sepsis occurred due to an erythromycin-intermediate strain after empirical use of this drug as intrapartum prophylaxis.

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