Prenatal Group B Streptococcus Test Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the percentage of pregnant women with negative Group B Streptococcus (GBS) screening results by culture at 35 weeks' gestation, who subsequently had positive GBS test results after 39 weeks' gestation. Materials and Methods: From 2006 to 200...
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| author | Chi-Feng Wei Bo-Ching She Hung-Shuo Liang Qing-Dong Ling Chen-Yuan Tsai Chih-Wei Yen Hsueh-Yin Wu Ming-Song Tsai |
| author_facet | Chi-Feng Wei Bo-Ching She Hung-Shuo Liang Qing-Dong Ling Chen-Yuan Tsai Chih-Wei Yen Hsueh-Yin Wu Ming-Song Tsai |
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| description | Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the percentage of pregnant women with negative Group B Streptococcus (GBS) screening results by culture at 35 weeks' gestation, who subsequently had positive GBS test results after 39 weeks' gestation.
Materials and Methods: From 2006 to 2007, we recruited 150 pregnant women who received routine GBS culture screening at 35 weeks' gestation with negative results, and who had repeat cultures and real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for GBS after 39 weeks' gestation.
Results: Two percent of pregnant women with GBS-negative results by culture screening at 35 weeks' gestation were GBS-positive at 39 weeks' gestation.
Conclusion: It is necessary to perform a GBS test 4 weeks after an initial negative GBS culture at 35–37 weeks of gestation. RT-PCR provides a simple and rapid alternative method for detecting rectovaginal GBS colonization at the time of labor. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11e729f3a7ef45e29a4d9869ba3208f42022-12-21T19:12:00ZengElsevierTaiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology1028-45592009-06-0148211611910.1016/S1028-4559(09)60269-2Prenatal Group B Streptococcus Test Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionChi-Feng Wei0Bo-Ching She1Hung-Shuo Liang2Qing-Dong Ling3Chen-Yuan Tsai4Chih-Wei Yen5Hsueh-Yin Wu6Ming-Song Tsai7Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cathay General Hospital, Si-Jhih, TaiwanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cathay General Hospital, Si-Jhih, TaiwanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cathay General Hospital, Si-Jhih, TaiwanCathay Medical Research Institute, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Cathay General Hospital, Si-Jhih, TaiwanDepartment of Pediatrics, Cathay General Hospital, Si-Jhih, TaiwanDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Cathay General Hospital, Si-Jhih, TaiwanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanObjective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the percentage of pregnant women with negative Group B Streptococcus (GBS) screening results by culture at 35 weeks' gestation, who subsequently had positive GBS test results after 39 weeks' gestation. Materials and Methods: From 2006 to 2007, we recruited 150 pregnant women who received routine GBS culture screening at 35 weeks' gestation with negative results, and who had repeat cultures and real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for GBS after 39 weeks' gestation. Results: Two percent of pregnant women with GBS-negative results by culture screening at 35 weeks' gestation were GBS-positive at 39 weeks' gestation. Conclusion: It is necessary to perform a GBS test 4 weeks after an initial negative GBS culture at 35–37 weeks of gestation. RT-PCR provides a simple and rapid alternative method for detecting rectovaginal GBS colonization at the time of labor.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1028455909602692group B streptococcimaternal screeningpregnant womenreal-time polymerase chain reaction |
| spellingShingle | Chi-Feng Wei Bo-Ching She Hung-Shuo Liang Qing-Dong Ling Chen-Yuan Tsai Chih-Wei Yen Hsueh-Yin Wu Ming-Song Tsai Prenatal Group B Streptococcus Test Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology group B streptococci maternal screening pregnant women real-time polymerase chain reaction |
| title | Prenatal Group B Streptococcus Test Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| title_full | Prenatal Group B Streptococcus Test Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| title_fullStr | Prenatal Group B Streptococcus Test Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prenatal Group B Streptococcus Test Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| title_short | Prenatal Group B Streptococcus Test Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| title_sort | prenatal group b streptococcus test using real time polymerase chain reaction |
| topic | group B streptococci maternal screening pregnant women real-time polymerase chain reaction |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1028455909602692 |
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