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

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