Detection of group B streptococcus colonisation in pregnant women: Comparison of two different culture methods and study of antimicrobial resistance patterns

Affiliations

• ¹ Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group and Vaccine Institute, Institute for Infection and Immunity, St George's, University of London (United Kingdom); Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain). Electronic address: [email protected].
• ² Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group and Vaccine Institute, Institute for Infection and Immunity, St George's, University of London (United Kingdom); Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London (United Kingdom).
• ³ Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group and Vaccine Institute, Institute for Infection and Immunity, St George's, University of London (United Kingdom).
• ⁴ Institute for Infection and Immunity, St George's, University of London (United Kingdom); Microbiology Department, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London (United Kingdom).
• ⁵ Institute for Infection and Immunity, St George's, University of London (United Kingdom).
• ⁶ Statistics, Modelling and Economics Department, National Infection Service, Public Health England, London (United Kingdom).
• ⁷ Respiratory and Vaccine Preventable Bacteria Reference Unit, Public Health England, London (United Kingdom).
• ⁸ Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group and Vaccine Institute, Institute for Infection and Immunity, St George's, University of London (United Kingdom); Pathogen Immunity Group. Public Health England, Porton Down (United Kingdom); Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Uganda Research Unit (Uganda).