COLONIZATION BY GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE PATTERNS IN KUWAIT: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY IN 2014 AND 2016
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PURE MEDICAL RESEARCH - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 11
Abstract
BACKGROUND: We determined the colonization rate of Group B streptococcus (GBS) and the antibiotic resistance proles among pregnant women in Kuwait, and established the association between the colonization rate and age group and clinical status. METHODS: The study was in Farwaniya Hospital in Kuwait in 2014 and 2016. Included were pregnant women ≥ 35 weeks of gestation, of whom vaginal specimens were tested. Data were also collected on neonatal infections. RESULTS: We included 2,830 women and 1,525 neonates. The GBS colonization rate in women was approximately 20% in both years. In all women with GBS, 6% were positive for vaginitis and 25% for Candida. All GBS isolates were susceptible for penicillin G, cefotaxime and vancomycin, while approximately 20% were resistant to clindamycin and erythromycin. GBS infection in neonates was around 4%. CONCLUSION: GBS colonization rates were higher in women of non-Kuwaiti origin, coming mainly from India, Pakistan, Philippines, and Bangladesh.
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Fatemah Al-Mutairi, Mohammad Sedeqi, Retaj Mohammad, Ellen Stobberingh, Jan Hendrik Richardus
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