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Group B Streptococcus colonisation and their antimicrobial susceptibility among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in tertiary care hospitals in the Western Province of Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Dilrukshi, G.N
dc.contributor.author Kottahachchi, J
dc.contributor.author Dissanayake, D.M.B.T
dc.date.accessioned 2021-10-18T09:52:23Z
dc.date.available 2021-10-18T09:52:23Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.citation Dilrukshi, G.N, et al.(2020)."Group B Streptococcus colonisation and their antimicrobial susceptibility among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in tertiary care hospitals in the Western Province of Sri Lanka", Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, DOI: 10.1080/01443615.2020.1716313 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/9443
dc.description.abstract The proportion of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) colonisation in pregnant women >35 weeks of gestation was 18% and 49% by culture and real-time PCR respectively in selected hospitals from the Western Province of Sri Lanka. A Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from January to April 2019. Two low vaginal and rectal swabs were collected from 100 pregnant women. Identification of GBS was done by culture and real-time PCR. GBS isolates were found to be sensitive to penicillin, ampicillin, cefotaxime, vancomycin, while 5 and 4 isolates out of 18 were resistant to erythromycin and clindamycin, respectively. Further, there was a significant association between GBS colonisation and a history of vaginal discharge and unemployment en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Tayler & Fransis en_US
dc.subject GBS colonisation; real-time PCR; pregnant women; antibiotic resistance; risk factors en_US
dc.title Group B Streptococcus colonisation and their antimicrobial susceptibility among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in tertiary care hospitals in the Western Province of Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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