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Group B streptococci colonization among Saudi women in labor and neonatal acquisition
Author(s) -
Uduman S.A.,
Chatterjee T.K.,
Almouzan M.I.,
AlSuleiman Suleiman
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(85)90005-0
Subject(s) - medicine , colonization , group b , obstetrics , group (periodic table) , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , organic chemistry , biology
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.