Maternal factors that enhance the acquisition of group-B streptococci by newborn infants

1 May 1980

journal article
research article
Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of Medical Microbiology

Vol. 13 (2) , 273-280
https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-13-2-273

Abstract

Bacteriological and clinical data in respect of 113 mothers who were vaginal carriers of group-B streptococci at the time of labour, and of their 113 infants, were examined for factors that contributed to mother-infant transmission of these micro-organisms. A semi-quantitative system (1 + = 1-10, 2 + = 11-50, and 3 + = > 50 colonies) was used to record the heaviness of growth in all positive primary cultures.