Antibiotic resistance genes and molecular typing of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from pregnant women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The antibiotic resistance of genital tract colonizing Streptococcus agalactiae in pregnant women is increasing. We aimed to determine the antibiotic resistance genes of different clonal types of this bacterium in pregnant women.

Methods

Four hundred twenty non-repeated vaginal and rectal specimens were collected from pregnant women and were transferred to the laboratory using Todd Hewitt Broth. The samples were cultured on a selective medium, and the grown bacteria were identified by standard microbiological and biochemical tests. Antimicrobial resistance pattern and inducible clindamycin resistance of the isolates were determined using the disk agar diffusion method. The genomic DNAs of S. agalactiae strains were extracted using an extraction kit, and the antibio

SUBMITTER: Zakerifar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9854082 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature