Rapid diagnosis of vaginal carriage of group B beta haemolytic streptococcus by an enrichment cum antigen detection test

From: Indian Journal of Medical Research | Date: June 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Background & objectives: Group B beta haemolytic streptococcus (GBS) is a frequent colonizer of the maternal genital tract causing peripartum fever, puerperal sepsis, neonatal sepsis and neonatal meningitis. The conventional methods for detection of maternal colonization take 24-48 h. Wc made an attempt to standardize a rapid enrichment cum antigen detection test to screen pregnant women for GBS colonization in less than 8 h, so as to enable early institution of measures to prevent neonatal sepsis.

Methods: Vaginal swabs of 100 women >36 wk of gestation were inoculated onto enrichment ...

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