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  • Title: Group B streptococcus prevalence in pregnant women from North-Eastern Italy: advantages of a screening strategy based on direct plating plus broth enrichment.
    Author: Busetti M, D'Agaro P, Campello C.
    Journal: J Clin Pathol; 2007 Oct; 60(10):1140-3. PubMed ID: 17182659.
    Abstract:
    AIMS: To assess the sensitivity of a combined selective broth enrichment technique plus selective plating for the detection of group B streptococcus (GBS) colonisation in a large cohort of pregnant women from North-Eastern Italy. METHODS: During 2002-2005, 5020 pregnant women were screened between the 35th and the 37th week of gestation. A lower vaginal sample and a rectal sample were collected and inoculated onto LIM broth and a selective colistin aztreonam blood agar plate (CAP). Direct agar plates were examined after 18-24 hours and, if negative, after 48 hours. LIM broth was subcultured after 18-24 hours onto a Columbia blood agar plate. All colonies suggestive for GBS were submitted to phenotypic identification. RESULTS: 901 Women (17.9%) were positive for GBS. On 728 positive samples, corresponding to patients enrolled between 2003 and 2005, the results of selective direct plating and selective broth enrichment were compared. A total of 561 (77.1% of positive samples, corresponding to 13.9% of patients) were positive on direct selective agar; an additional 167 isolates (22.9% of samples, 4.1% of patients) were recovered from the LIM broth subculture. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of GBS carriage in this population-based study is a reliable estimate considering the sensitivity of the microbiological methods used, the rate of attendance of pregnant women to clinical and laboratory settings and the compliance to the protocol. Results confirm that the combination of selective enrichment broth and selective direct plating is a time-saving and sensitive method.
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