Group B streptococcal prevalence in internal organs and placentas of deceased neonates and stillbirths in South Asia.
Mangala G KallapurNajia K GhanchiSheetal U HarakuniManjunath S SomannavarImran AhmedElizabeth FoglemanKay HwangJean KimSarah SaleemShivaprasad S GoudarShiyam Sunder TikmaniSangappa M DhadedGowdar GuruprasadHaleema YasminS YogeshkumarElizabeth M McClureRobert L Goldenbergnull nullPublished in: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology (2023)
GBS diagnosed by PCR was identified in <6% of internal organs of stillbirths and neonatal deaths, and their placentas, and control groups in South Asian sites. This is consistent with other reports from South Asia and is lower than the reported GBS rates from the USA, Europe and Africa.