INCIDENCE OF GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS CARRIER STATE AMONGST ANTE–NATAL WOMEN IN POPULATION OF NORTHEASTERN INDIA

COL (DR) V.B. TRIPATHI; BRIG (DR) A. B. KHARE; COL (DR) V. PAVITHRA; BRIG (DR) ARUN TYAGI

Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

INCIDENCE OF GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS CARRIER STATE AMONGST ANTE–NATAL WOMEN IN POPULATION OF NORTHEASTERN INDIA

Col Dr V. B. Tripathi, Brig Dr A. B. Khare, Col Dr V. Pavithra, Brig Dr Arun Tyagi

Abstract :

Aim: To find out the incidence of Group B Streptococcus(GBS)carrier stateamongstante–natal patients in population of northeasternIndia. Method and materials: The study included 986 pregnant females at 35–37 weeks of gestational age attending the antenatal outpatient department atatertiary hospital in northeast. All participants were screened by a conventional method of tworectovaginal swabs for GBS colonization in Blood Agar media and secondly with serum for antigen detection by rapid latex test for use in qualitative detection of Antigen from GBS by Wellcogen strep B kit. Patients were followed till delivery. Results and observations: A total of 986 antenatal women were screened for GBS carriage between 35–37 weeks of gestation and were followed till delivery. 162 cases were found to be GBS positive [16.4%] and 824 cases were GBS negative [83.6%] Conclusion: The incidence of GBS in antenatal population of northeast India is 16.4%