Group B Streptococcus in Indian pregnant women: Its prevalence and risk factors

Conclusion: Due to the low GBS prevalence and no significant association with major risk factors, we recommend to institute universal screening of GBS in pregnant women, instead of risk based screening. Since this was a single centric study with low prevalence of GBS, its applicability may be limited, therefore further larger multi-centric prospective studies are required to understand the true GBS prevalence in Indian society.
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Source Type: research