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Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Serotype Distribution of Group B Streptococcus Colonization in HIV-Infected Pregnant Women Living in Belgium: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Nicolas DaubyCatherine AdlerVeronique Y Miendje DeyiRosalie SacheliLaurent BussonMustapha ChamekhArnaud MarchantPatricia BarlowStéphane De WitJack LevyPierrette MelinTessa Goetghebuer
Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2018)
HIV-infected and -uninfected pregnant women living in Belgium have a similar GBS colonization rate. A trend to a higher colonization rate with serotype III was found in HIV-infected women, and those serotype III strains belong predominantly to the hypervirulent clone ST17.
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