group B streptococci
Prevalence of Group B streptococci in pregnant women and their neonates
... for Group B Streptococci in vaginal swab specimens similar to those used for direct detection of Group A Streptococci in throat swab ...anti- Group B Streptococci ...
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Screening for Group B streptococci in Antenatal Women
... 23 In 2003 orrett FA – the prospective study of colonization with group B streptococci in 201 pregnant women.the prevalence of GBS colonization was 32.9%.GBS more frequently from women >24 yr ...
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Method for Quantitative Detection and Presumptive Identification of Group B Streptococci on Primary Plating
... for group B streptococci (GBS) followed by offering of intrapartum chemopro- phylaxis to carriers is one of the strategies used to reduce the incidence of neonatal early-onset GBS ...a group ...
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Density profile of group B streptococci, type III, and its possible relation to enhanced virulence
... The buoyant densities of virulent and colonizing group B streptococci, type III, were determined by centrifugation of bacteria on a linear, hypotonic density gradient.. A total of 28 str[r] ...
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Growth and Amino Acid Requirements of Various Strains of Group B Streptococci
... Amino acid requirements of group B of the group B streptococci, the amino acids streptococci determined under aerobic and essential for growth were determined in both anaerobic growth co[r] ...
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Molecular Characteristics of Group B Streptococci Isolated from Adults with Invasive Infections in Japan
... (group B streptococcus) isolates (n ⴝ 443) obtained from Japanese adults with invasive infections be- tween April 2010 and March 2013 were analyzed for capsular serotype, multilocus sequence type (ST), ...
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Nosocomial Transmission of Group B Streptococci
... Wilkinson HW, Facklam RR, Wortham EC: Distribu- tion by serological type of group B streptococci isolated from a variety of clinical material over a five-year period (with special refere[r] ...
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Six Month Multicenter Study on Invasive Infections Due to Group B Streptococci in Argentina
... by group B streptococci (GBS) and their antimicrobial susceptibilities in Latin ...tetracycline-resistant streptococci and mefA and ermTR for efflux-mediated and inducible ...
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Protease production by clinical isolates of type III group B streptococci
... The finding that clinical isolates of group B streptococci that elaborated high levels of neuraminidase also produced elevated levels of extracellular protease may indicate that the prod[r] ...
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Academic detailing and adherence to guidelines for Group B streptococci prenatal screening: a randomized controlled trial
... Background: Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) recommend universal prenatal screening for Group B Streptococcus (GBS) to identify candidates for intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent early onset ...
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Rapid identification of material colonization with group B streptococci by use of fluorescent antibody
... Although its sensitivity approaches selective culture methods after 6 h of incubation, fluorescent antibody examination of vaginal swabs does not appear to offer a practical approach to [r] ...
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Restriction endonuclease analysis of human and bovine group B streptococci for epidemiologic study
... Among nontypable isolates, one mother-baby pair isolates 3 and 11 that had a protein c reaction but could not be otherwise serotyped had identical, unique REA patterns most closely resem[r] ...
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Molecular species of R protein antigens produced by clinical isolates of group B streptococci
... Although we did not examine sera for anti-R antibodies, we did find concordance with respect to the presence or absence of R, as well as to the species of R-protein antigen detected in 1[r] ...
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Demonstration of the capsular antigens of bovine group B streptococci by the serum soft agar method
... Serum-soft agar analyses of the diffuse-type growth of the conventional encapsulated group B streptococcal serotypes Ia 090, Ib H36B, Ic A909, II 18RS21, and III D136C and the compact-ty[r] ...
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Molecular Characterization of Nonhemolytic and Nonpigmented Group B Streptococci Responsible for Human Invasive Infections
... Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a common commensal bacterium in adults, but is also the leading cause of invasive bacterial in- fections in neonates in developed ...
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Colonization With Group B Streptococci in Girls Under 16 Years of Age
... This distribution' has also been reported in a study of sera from pregnant women.'" Another factor that may influence the development of this serum antibody is asymptomatic colonizat[r] ...
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Rapid slide coagglutination test for identifying and typing group B streptococci
... Twentythree strains that did type correctly with whole cells as compared with the standard Lancefield hot-acid extraction procedure were also extracted with the modified hot-acid extract[r] ...
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Laboratory and field evaluation of selective media for isolation of group B streptococci
... The definitive composition of media used in field studies was as follows: NAG broth, nalidixic acid 15 ,ug/ml and gentamicin 8 pug/ml in Todd-Hewitt broth; NPC broth, nalidixic acid 15 p[r] ...
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Detection of group B streptococcal antibodies in human sera by radioimmunoassay: concentrations of type specific antibodies in sera of adults and infants infected with group B streptococci
... Five adults colonized with type III streptococci had a mean III antibody concentration of 34.5 ,Ag/ml, a value lower than the mean value of 42.6 ,ug/ml obtained with sera from individual[r] ...
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Granada medium for detection and identification of group B streptococci
... The results of the present study and the data from our laboratory, using pigment production for identification of GBS in more than 5,000 clinical specimens, first with Islam medium and l[r] ...
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