Point Prevalence Study of Antibiotic Susceptibility of Genital Group B Streptococcus Isolated from Near-Term Pregnant Women in Calgary, Alberta

BACKGROUND: Genital group B streptococcus (GBS) may be transmitted from a colonized mother to her infant if appropriate intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis is not given. A recent case of GBS neonatal sepsis occurred due to an erythromycin-intermediate strain after empirical use of this drug as intrap...

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Main Authors: Deirdre Church, Julie Carson, Dan Gregson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/876103
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spelling doaj-art-d6893b80754a49179d9f17bb265cc4d32025-08-20T03:23:42ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322012-01-0123312112410.1155/2012/876103Point Prevalence Study of Antibiotic Susceptibility of Genital Group B Streptococcus Isolated from Near-Term Pregnant Women in Calgary, AlbertaDeirdre Church0Julie Carson1Dan Gregson2Division of Microbiology, Calgary Laboratory Services, CanadaDivision of Microbiology, Calgary Laboratory Services, CanadaDivision of Microbiology, Calgary Laboratory Services, CanadaBACKGROUND: Genital group B streptococcus (GBS) may be transmitted from a colonized mother to her infant if appropriate intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis is not given. A recent case of GBS neonatal sepsis occurred due to an erythromycin-intermediate strain after empirical use of this drug as intrapartum prophylaxis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/876103
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Point Prevalence Study of Antibiotic Susceptibility of Genital Group B Streptococcus Isolated from Near-Term Pregnant Women in Calgary, Alberta
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
title Point Prevalence Study of Antibiotic Susceptibility of Genital Group B Streptococcus Isolated from Near-Term Pregnant Women in Calgary, Alberta
title_full Point Prevalence Study of Antibiotic Susceptibility of Genital Group B Streptococcus Isolated from Near-Term Pregnant Women in Calgary, Alberta
title_fullStr Point Prevalence Study of Antibiotic Susceptibility of Genital Group B Streptococcus Isolated from Near-Term Pregnant Women in Calgary, Alberta
title_full_unstemmed Point Prevalence Study of Antibiotic Susceptibility of Genital Group B Streptococcus Isolated from Near-Term Pregnant Women in Calgary, Alberta
title_short Point Prevalence Study of Antibiotic Susceptibility of Genital Group B Streptococcus Isolated from Near-Term Pregnant Women in Calgary, Alberta
title_sort point prevalence study of antibiotic susceptibility of genital group b streptococcus isolated from near term pregnant women in calgary alberta
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/876103
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