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Prevalence and molecular characterization of group B streptococcus in pregnant women from hospitals in Ohangwena and Oshikoto regions of Namibia by Haimbodi, Erastus Lafimana (author);Mukesi, Munyaradzi (author);Moyo, Sylvester Rodgers (author) is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background The main purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence rate, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and molecular characteristics of __Streptococcus agalactiae__ isolated from pregnant women at 35 weeks of gestation and above, who attended antenatal screening at selected hospitals in Ohangwena and Oshikoto regions of Namibia. ## Results Out of 210 women screened for Group B Streptococcus (GBS), 12 (5.7%) were colonised of which 25.0% were colonised rectovaginally, 58.0% vaginally and 17.0% rectally. No significant association was reported between GBS colonisation and maternal age, geographic location, marital status, education, employment, parity, still births and miscarriages (__P__ values > 0.05). Antimicrobial susceptibility was reported at 100% for ampicillin, penicillin & ceftriaxone which are commonly used for empiric treatment of infection with GBS. Resistance to tetracycline was reported at 100%. Tetracycline resistance gene tet(M) was present in 88.9% of the isolates only and none of the isolates presented with tet(O). Polysaccharide capsular type Ia was found in 9(50%) and Ib was found in 1(5.5%) of the total isolates. The remaining isolates were no

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Author

Haimbodi, Erastus Lafimana (author);Mukesi, Munyaradzi (author);Moyo, Sylvester Rodgers (author)

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)