Streptococcus agalactiae in pregnant women: serotype and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns over five years in Eastern Sicily (Italy).

ABSTRACT: Streptococcus agalactiae (also known Group B Streptococcus or GBS) represents the main pathogen responsible for early- and late-onset infections in newborns. The present study aimed to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern and the capsular serotypes of GBS isolated in Eastern Sicily over 5 years, from January 2015 to December 2019. A total of 3494 GBS were isolated from vaginal swabs of pregnant women (37-39 weeks), as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Capsular polysaccharide's typing of GBS was determined by a commercial latex agglutination test containing reagents to serotypes I-IX. The antimicrobial resistance pattern of GBS was determined through the disk diffusion method (Kirby-Bauer) and the double-disk diffusion test on Mueller-Hinton agar p

SUBMITTER: Genovese C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7669783 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature