The Frequency of Rectovaginal Group B Streptococci in Third Trimester Pregnant Women and Affecting Factors
Journal Title: JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY MEDICINE - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Aim: Rectovaginal Group B streptococci (GBS) colonization one of reason the mortality and morbidity in pregnant. It seems asymptomatic generally but cause to wide infection from urinary infection to sepsis. GBS frequency was investigated in third trimester of pregnant women in this study.Materials and methods: The study was done in the autpatient clinic of medical faculty gynecology and obstetric department. Vaginal and anorectal swab was taken from pregnant women who are 30 weeks or more gestational age. Descriptive statistics, chi-square, student-t and Mann-Whitney U test was used in the analyzing the data and p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: In the study of 214 pregnant women, 17 (7.9%) of GBS was reproduction. There was no significance the incidence of GBS colonization in pregnant women with educational status, living space, socio-economic status, gestational history, hypertension, diabetes, smoking and use of intrauterin device. We found higher incidence of GBS colonization in pregnant with irregular menstrual cycles, using any method of birth control before pregnancy and higher age of first pregnancy. It produced 27.5% of Staphylococcus epidermidis, 25.7% of Enterococcus faecalis, 20.9% of Candida albicans in samples except GBS in the microbial culture.Conclusion: GBS observed increase in pregnant women age of first pregnancy is high, menstruel cycle irregularities and using birth control method. Comprehensive studies are needed with these parameters. GBS screening should be incorporated into routine prenatal follow the program for avoid newborn infection.
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Pınar Kalpakçı, Ali Ramazan Benli, Selman Erturhan, Yeltekin Demirel
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