Serotype distribution and mother-to-baby transmission rate of Streptococcus agalactiae among expectant mothers in Kuwait

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 272, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-135

  Al Sweih, Noura ^a   Hammoud, Majeda ^a   Al Shimmiri, Majed ^a   Jamal, Mervet ^a   Neil, Lalitha ^a   Rotimi, Vincent ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Mother to baby transmission rate; Serotypes; Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UMBILICUS; URINALYSIS;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KUWAIT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 21744434037     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-004-0705-z     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Aitmhand R, Moustaoui N, Belabbes H, Elmadghari N, Benbachir M (2000) Serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility of group B streptococcus isolated from neonates in Casblanca. Scand J Infect Dis 32:339-340
2. Al-Sweih N, Maiyegun S, Diejomaoh M, Rotimi VO, Khodakhast F, Hassan N, Baig S, George S (2004) Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B streptococci) carriage in late pregnancy in Kuwait. Med Princ Pract 13:10-14
3. Artz LA, Kempf VAJ, Autenrieth IB (2003) Rapid screening for Streptococcus agalactiae in vaginal specimens of pregnant women by fluorescent in situ hybridization. J Clin Microbiol 41:2170-2173
4. Baker CJ, Barrett FF (1973) Transmission of group B streptococci among parturient women and their neonates. J Pediatr 83:919-924
5. Baker CJ, Barrett FF (1974) Group B streptococcal infections in infants: the importance of the various serotypes. JAMA 230:1158-1160
6. Banjo TA, Rotimi VO, Abudu OO (1988) Colonization of pregnant mothers and their babies by group B streptococci. West Afr J Med 7:91-96
7. Blumberg HM, Stephens DS, Mondansky M (1996) Invasive group B streptococcal disease: the emergence of serotype V. J Infect Dis 173:365-373
8. Dillon HC, Gray E, Pass MA, Gray BM (1982) Anorectal and vaginal carriage of group B streptococci during pregnancy. J Infect Dis 145:794-799
9. El-Kersh TA, Al-Nuaim LA, Kharfy TA, Al-Shammary FJ, Al-Saleh SS, Al-Zamel FA (2002) Detection of genital colonization of group B streptococci during late pregnancy. Saudi Med J 23:56-61
10. Glantz JC, Kedley KE (1998) Concepts and controversies in the management of group B streptococcus during pregnancy. Birth 25:45-53
11. Hammoud MS, Thalib L, Maiyegun SO (2002) The epidemiology of group B streptococcal colonization among obstetrical and newborn populations in Kuwait. Int J Gynecol Obstet 76:315-316
12. Harrison LH, Dwyer DM, Johnson JA (1995) Emergence of serotype group B streptococcal infection among infants and adults. J Infect Dis 171:513
13. Hickman ME, Rench MA, Ferrieri P, Baker CJ (1999) Changing epidemiology of group B streptococcal colonization. Pediatr 104:203-209
14. Jaureguy F, Carton M, Teboul J, Butel MJ, Panel P, Chnassia JC, Docet- Popularie F (2003) Risk factors and screening strategy for group B streptococcal colonization in pregnant women: results of a prospective study. J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod 32:132-138
15. Jelinkova J (1997) Group B streptococci in human population. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 76:127-165
16. Kasper DL, Paoletti LC, Wessels MR (1996) Immune response to type III group B streptococcal polysaccharide-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine. J Clin Invest 98:2308-2314
17. Kelgerman ME, Boyer KM, Papierniak CK (1993) Estimation of protective levels of human IgG antibody to the type specific polysaccharide of group B streptococcus type Ia. J Infect Dis 148:648-655
18. Kogan G, Uhrin D, Brisson JR (1998) Structural and immunological characterization of the type VIII group B streptococcus capsular polysaccharide. J Biol Chem 271:8786-8790
19. Lachenauer CS, Kasper DL, Shimada J, Ichiman Y, Ohtsuka H, Kaku M, Paoletti LC, Ferrier P, Madoff LC (1999) Serotypes VI and VIII predominate among group B streptococci isolated from pregnant Japanese women. J Infect Dis 179:1030-1033
20. Matsubara K, Sugiyama M, Hoshina K, Mikamo H, Baba K (2000) Early-onset neonatal sepsis caused by serotype VIII group streptococci. Pediatr Infect Dis J 19:395-360
21. Minkoff H, Sierra MF, Peingle RG (1982) Vaginal colonization with group B β-hemolytic streptococcus as risk factor for post-cesarean section febrile morbidity. Am J Obstet Gynecol 142:992-995
22. Paoletti LJ, Brabford J, Paoletti C (1999) A serotype VIII strain among colonizing group B streptococcal isolates in Boston, Massachusetts. J Clin Microbiol 37:3759-3760
23. Platt MW, Gilson GJ (1994) Group B streptococcal disease in the perinatal period. Am Fam Physician 49:434-442
24. Regan JA, Klebanoff MA, Nugent RP (1991) The epidemiology of group B streptococcal colonization in pregnancy. Vaginal infections and prematurity study group. Obstet Gynecol 77:604-610
25. Schuchat A (1998) Epidemiology of group B streptococcal disease in the United States: shifting paradigms. Clin Microbiol Rev 11:497-513
26. Trijbels-Smeulders MAJM, Adriaanse AH, Gerards LJ, Kimpen LL (2003) Strategy to prevent neonatal early-onset group B streptococcal (GBS) disease in the Netherlands. Rev Med Microbiol 14:35-39
27. Weisman LE, Stoll BJ, Cruess DF, Hall RT, Merenstein GB, Hemming VG (1992) Early onset group B streptococcal sepsis: a current assessment. J Pediatr 121:428-433
28. Wilkinson HW (1978) Analysis of group B streptococcal types associated with disease in human infants and adults. J Clin Microbiol 7:176-179
29. Wilkinson HW, Thacker LG, Facklam RR (1973) Non-hemolytic group B streptococci of human, bovine and ichthyic origin. Infect Immun 7:496-498
30. Yancey MK, Duff P, Clark P, Kurtzer T, Frentzen BH, Kubilis P (1994) Peripartum infection associated with vaginal group B streptococcal colonization. Obstet Gynecol 84:816-819
31. Zangwill KM, Schunchat A, Wegner JD (1992) Group B streptococcal disease in the United States, 1990: report from a multi-state active surveillance system. MMWR CDC Surveill Summ 41:25-32