Vaginal colonization by group B streptococcus among pregnant women in the region of Marrakech

Group B streptococcus is the main etiological agent of maternal and fetal infections, sepsis and meningitis in the term newborns. The objective is to determine group B streptococcal (GBS) carriage rate in vagina of term pregnant women. Vaginal swab was performed prospectively in 275 pregnant women i...

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Published in:The Pan African medical journal 2016, Vol.23, p.107-107
Main Authors: Bassir, Ahlam, Dhibou, Hanane, Farah, Majdi, Mohamed, Lharmis, Amal, Addebous, Nabila, Souraa, Abderahim, Aboulfalah, Asmouki, Hamid, Soummani, Abderraouf
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Adult
Female
Gestational Age
Humans
Mass Screening - methods
Morocco - epidemiology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - microbiology
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Streptococcal Infections - diagnosis
Streptococcal Infections - epidemiology
Streptococcal Infections - microbiology
Streptococcus agalactiae - isolation & purification
Vagina - microbiology
Young Adult
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Summary:Group B streptococcus is the main etiological agent of maternal and fetal infections, sepsis and meningitis in the term newborns. The objective is to determine group B streptococcal (GBS) carriage rate in vagina of term pregnant women. Vaginal swab was performed prospectively in 275 pregnant women in labor, prior to entering the delivery room over a period of 6 months. Colonization rate was 20.2%. The bearing was variable according to the gestational age, it constitutes 57.5% between 37 and 38 weeks of amenorrhoea. None of the risk factors was statistically predictive for maternal GBS colonization. Screening should be performed from 37 weeks of amenorrhoea and, as colonization is intermittent, a negative swab result does not ensure that GBS colonization is eradicate at birth.
ISSN:1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2016.23.107.9047