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Group B Streptococcus Colonization in Pregnancy
Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015 Introduction: Group B β haemolytic streptococcus (GBS) is a colonizer of the female genital tract and a known cause of neonatal infections. Identification of GBS colonization in pregnancy is the key to prevent such infections.
BN Dissanayake, GC Herath, TM Gamage
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Prevalence and factors associated with group B streptococcal colonization in pregnant women [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, 2021 Objectives: to estimate the prevalence and the factors associated with the colonization by group B streptococcus (GBS) in pregnant women from the urban area attended at health units in a municipality in northeastern Brazil.
Taís Viana Lédo de Oliveira +3 more
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Group B Streptococcus: Virulence Factors and Pathogenic Mechanism
Microorganisms, 2022 Group B Streptococcus (GBS) or Streptococcus agalactiae is a major cause of neonatal mortality. When colonizing the lower genital tract of pregnant women, GBS may cause premature birth and stillbirth.
Yuxin Liu, Jinhui Liu
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Garlic: An Alternative Treatment for Group B Streptococcus
Microbiology Spectrum, 2021 Prenatal screening in pregnant women between 35 and 37 weeks of gestation and intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis has successfully reduced the incidence of neonatal morbidity and mortality related to Streptococcus agalactiae.
Kátia Andrea de Menezes Torres +4 more
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Educational Case: Group B Streptococcus Meningitis
Academic Pathology, 2019 The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology.
Tiffany R. Miller BA +3 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 The risk for invasive streptococcal infection has not been clearly quantified among persons experiencing homelessness (PEH). We compared the incidence of detected cases of invasive group A Streptococcus infection, group B Streptococcus infection, and ...
Emily Mosites +9 more
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Urinary tract infection due to Group B Streptococcus: A case series from Eastern India
Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Group B Streptococcus (GBS) or Streptococcus agalactiae is an uncommon causative agent of urinary tract infection (UTI). We present a series of seven cases of UTI due to GBS from a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India, highlighting its emerging role ...
Srujana Mohanty +4 more
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Streptococcus difficile is a nonhemolytic group B, type Ib streptococcus [PDF]
International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1997 Whole-cell protein electrophoretic analysis of the type strain of Streptococcus difficile (LMG 15799) revealed that this organism was indistinguishable from Streptococcus agalactiae strains. Although LMG 15799T (T = type strain) was originally described as serologically untypeable, we found that this strain was a group B streptococcus belonging to the ...
Vandamme, Peter +4 more
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Hypopituitarism as consequence of late neonatal infection by Group B streptococcus: a case report
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2015 Hypopituitarism is a condition characterized by dysfunction of the pituitary gland hormone production. The insult of the perinatal period, which includes the late infection by Group B Streptococcus, consists in a rare etiology of this condition.
Amanda Santana Ferreira +2 more
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Prevalence of vaginal colonization of group B Streptococci and its effect on maternal and fetal outcome in antenatal women attending outpatient department of O&G, in a tertiary care centre [PDF]
New Indian Journal of OBGYNBackground: Group B Streptococcus or Streptococcus Agalactiae is a gram positive bacterium present in the normal flora in the female genitourinary tract, urethra and gastrointestinal tract.
Sujit Parida +3 more
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