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| Castellano-Filho,Didier Silveira; Silva,Vânia Lúcia da; Nascimento,Thiago César; Vieira,Marcel de Toledo; Diniz,Cláudio Galuppo. |
| Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is still not routinely screened during pregnancy in Brazil, being prophylaxis and empirical treatment based on identification of risk groups. This study aimed to investigate GBS prevalence in Brazilian pregnant women by culture or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) associated to the enrichment culture, and to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of isolated bacteria, so as to support public health policies and empirical prophylaxis. After an epidemiological survey, vaginal and anorectal specimens were collected from 221 consenting laboring women. Each sample was submitted to enrichment culture and sheep blood agar was used to isolate suggestive GBS. Alternatively, specific PCR was performed from enrichment cultures.... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Perinatal disease; Group B streptococci; Antimicrobial drug susceptibility. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822010000400024 |
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