Persistence of Group B Streptococcus in the Urogenital Area

Persistence of Group B Streptococcus in the Urogenital Area

Dear Editor, Early onset neonatal infections might be due to transmission from the maternal vaginal carriage of group B streptococcus (GBS) [1]. Urinary GBS suggests a heavy load of GBS [2]. Persistence of GBS in the urogenital area is not clearly understood and may cause recurrent infections. The aim of this study was to investigate how long GBS remains in the urogenital tract. The study invol...

Investigation of Betahemolytic Streptococcus Group B in Natural Vaginal Flora

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The Prevalence of Group B Streptococcus Colonization in Iranian Pregnant Women and Its Subsequent Outcome

Frequency and Drug Resistance of Group B Streptococcus in Pregnant Women in Markazi Province, Iran

Abstract Background and Objective: Group B streptococcus is one of the agents leading to infantile blood infection and meningitis as well as aggressive infections in pregnant women. The vast use of antibiotics in order to prevent from the diseases caused by this bacterium has led to some concerns about the emergence of drug resistance in Group B streptococcus. Thus, we aimed to investigate Grou...

9 Group B Streptococcus Meningitis

9.1 Introduction Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus, GBS) is a Gram-positive encapsulated bacterium possessing an array of virulence factors that render it capable of producing serious disease in susceptible hosts, in particular the human newborn (Maisey et al., 2008a). Notably, GBS is the leading cause of meningitis in the neonatal period (Brouwer et al., 2010; Thigpen et al., 201...