TY - JOUR
T1 - Prenatal and neonatal Group B Streptococcus screening and serotyping in Lebanon
T2 - Incidence and implications
AU - Seoud, Muheiddine
AU - Nassar, Anwar H.
AU - Zalloua, Pierre
AU - Boghossian, Nansi
AU - Ezeddine, Jihad
AU - Fakhoury, Hassan
AU - Abboud, Joseph
AU - Melki, Imad
AU - Araj, George
AU - Nacouzi, Ghinwa
AU - Sanyoura, May
AU - Yunis, Khalid
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The study aimed at determining the prevalence, risk factors, perinatal transmission, and serotypes of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) among pregnant women and their newborns in Beirut, Lebanon. This was a cross-sectional study of all pregnant women admitted from February to September 2006 to three major hospitals. Overall, 137 of 775 (17.7%) mothers and 50 of 682 newborns (7.3%) tested positive for GBS. Maternal colonization was not associated with maternal age, household income, gravidity, intrapartum fever, preterm labor, or premature rupture of membrane. Transmission rate was 40/120 (30%). Serotype 5 (24.1%) was the most common followed by serotype 1a (15.0%), 3 (14.4%), 2 (11.8%) and 1b (7.5%). Pregnant women in Lebanon appear to have a relatively high prevalence of GBS colonization with no identifiable risk factors for its acquisition. These results could provide basis for the institution of a national policy for universal maternal GBS screening to reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality.
AB - The study aimed at determining the prevalence, risk factors, perinatal transmission, and serotypes of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) among pregnant women and their newborns in Beirut, Lebanon. This was a cross-sectional study of all pregnant women admitted from February to September 2006 to three major hospitals. Overall, 137 of 775 (17.7%) mothers and 50 of 682 newborns (7.3%) tested positive for GBS. Maternal colonization was not associated with maternal age, household income, gravidity, intrapartum fever, preterm labor, or premature rupture of membrane. Transmission rate was 40/120 (30%). Serotype 5 (24.1%) was the most common followed by serotype 1a (15.0%), 3 (14.4%), 2 (11.8%) and 1b (7.5%). Pregnant women in Lebanon appear to have a relatively high prevalence of GBS colonization with no identifiable risk factors for its acquisition. These results could provide basis for the institution of a national policy for universal maternal GBS screening to reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality.
KW - Perinatal transmission
KW - Pregnant women
KW - Risk factors
KW - Serotypes of Group B Streptococcus
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77749280410&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3109/00016340903560008
DO - 10.3109/00016340903560008
M3 - Article
C2 - 20199356
AN - SCOPUS:77749280410
SN - 0001-6349
VL - 89
SP - 399
EP - 403
JO - Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
JF - Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
IS - 3
ER -
