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Chronic carrier state in mothers of infants with group B streptococcal infections

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Summary, in English

Seven of eight women who had given birth to infants with early onset or intrauterine infection caused by group B streptococci remained carriers of the same serotype of group B streptococci up to 38 months after their pregnancy. In contrast, only 34 of 88 group B streptococci carriers who had given birth to healthy infants harbored the same serotype at the 34 months' follow-up (P = .009). Among the control subjects, 29 of 71 showed increased serum levels at followup of antibodies against the serotype isolated at delivery, a significantly higher proportion compared with the mothers of infected infants/fetuses. The results indicate that mothers of group B streptococci-infected infants are chronic urogenital carriers of group B streptococci without responding immunologically against the organism.

Publishing year

1985

Language

English

Pages

84-88

Publication/Series

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volume

66

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Topic

  • Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1873-233X