Group B streptococcus colonization among pregnant women in Uruguay

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2009 Mar;104(3):242-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.10.020. Epub 2008 Dec 6.

Abstract

The prevalence of group B streptococcus colonization in pregnant women was 17.3% in the largest maternity hospital in Uruguay.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carrier State / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / microbiology*
  • Prevalence
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Streptococcus agalactiae / isolation & purification*
  • Uruguay
  • Young Adult