Acquisition and Transmission of Group B Streptococcus during Pregnancy

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a major cause of neonatal sepsis and meningitis. We followed up 78 pregnant couples for ⩽2 months to estimate the risk of GBS transmission. Among couples with discordantGBSstatus,weobserved 1 male-to-female transmission event (1 of 3 couples in which the woman was GBS...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of infectious diseases 2008-11, Vol.198 (9), p.1375-1378
Hauptverfasser:	Foxman, Betsy, de Azevedo, Carmen L. B., Buxton, Miatta, DeBusscher, Joan, Pillai, Parvathy, De Carvalho, Newton S., Barbosa-Cesnik, Cibele
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Bacteria Bacteriology Biological and medical sciences Electrophoresis Epidemiology Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gels Humans Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Men Microbiology Miscellaneous Polymerase chain reaction Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - microbiology Sexual transmission Streptococcal Infections - microbiology Streptococcal Infections - transmission Streptococcus Streptococcus agalactiae Third trimester of pregnancy
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Zusammenfassung:	Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a major cause of neonatal sepsis and meningitis. We followed up 78 pregnant couples for ⩽2 months to estimate the risk of GBS transmission. Among couples with discordantGBSstatus,weobserved 1 male-to-female transmission event (1 of 3 couples in which the woman was GBS negative at enrollment), but no female-to-male transmission events (0 of 8 couples in which the man was GBS negative at enrollment).
ISSN:	0022-1899 1537-6613
DOI:	10.1086/592221