Prevalence, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern and Associated Factors of Group B Streptococcus Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Bule Hora University Teaching Hospital, Southern Ethiopia.
Oliyad HusenMoorthy Kannaiyan AbbaiAlqeer AliyoDeresse DakaTibeso GemechuDagnamyelew TilahunWako DedechaPublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2023)
The prevalence of GBS was considerably high among pregnant women in this study. This finding emphasises the need for routine screening and testing of antimicrobial susceptibility to provide antibiotic prophylaxis and minimise newborn infection and comorbidity.