Title |
Identification of Streptococcus agalactiae by fluorescent in situ hybridization compared to culturing and the determination of prevalence of Streptococcus agalactiae colonization among pregnant women in Bushehr, Iran
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Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, September 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-13-420 |
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Authors |
Saeed Tajbakhsh, Marjan Norouzi Esfahani, Mohammad Emaneini, Niloofar Motamed, Elham Rahmani, Somayyeh Gharibi |
Abstract |
Pregnant women colonized by Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci [GBS]) may transfer this microorganism to their newborns. S. agalactiae is an important cause of pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis in newborns. Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) is considered as a method of identification in the field of diagnostic microbiology. In this paper, we have designed a study to compare the DNA FISH after 7 h Lim broth enrichment and culturing for the identification of S. agalactiae and to determine the prevalence of vaginal colonization by S. agalactiae among pregnant women in Bushehr, Iran. |
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