Culture and Real-Time PCR Based Maternal Screening and Antibiotic Susceptibility for Group B Streptococcus: An Iranian Experience | Zendy

Gholamreza Goudarzi | Zendy; Masoumeh Ghafarzadeh | Zendy; Pegah Shakib | Zendy; Khatereh Anbari | Zendy

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Culture and Real-Time PCR Based Maternal Screening and Antibiotic Susceptibility for Group B Streptococcus: An Iranian Experience

Author(s) -

Gholamreza Goudarzi,

Masoumeh Ghafarzadeh,

Pegah Shakib,

Khatereh Anbari

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

global journal of health science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1916-9744

pISSN - 1916-9736

DOI - 10.5539/gjhs.v7n6p233

Subject(s) - penicillin , clindamycin , erythromycin , carriage , group b , medicine , streptococcus , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotic resistance , vancomycin , vagina , amoxicillin , biology , bacteria , surgery , staphylococcus aureus , pathology , genetics

Vertical Transmission of group B streptococcus (GBS) from a vagina colonized mother to her infant upon rupture of membranes (ROM) or after the onset of labor can cause life-threatening infections in newborn. Although intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) can significantly decrease neonatal GBS diseases, this issue has potentiated the emergence of antibiotic resistance strains. Our study examined the colonization rate of GBS using real-time PCR and culture methods, and trends in antibiotic resistance of GBS isolates obtained from pregnant women in Khorramabad, Iran.

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