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KMID : 0829320090120040174
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Korean Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2009 Volume.12 No. 4 p.174 ~ p.179
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Colonization Rate, Serotypes, and Distributions of Macrolide-Lincosamide-StreptograminB Resistant Types of Group B Streptococci in Pregnant Women
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Uh Young
Choi Seong-Jin
Jang In-Ho
Lee Kwan-Soo
Cho Hyun-Mi
Kwon Oh-Gun
Yoon Kap-Jun
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Abstract
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Background: The prevalence of neonatal group B streptococcal infection depends mainly on the colonization rate of pregnant women by group B streptococci (GBS). Although the colonization rate of Korean women by GBS is considered lower than in other countries, recent data on the maternal colonization rate of GBS are sparse.
Methods: From August 2008 to June 2009, swab specimens from the anorectus, vagina, and urethral orifice of a sample of 234 pregnant Korean women were placed in new Granada medium (NGM-H), tube medium (NGM-T), commercial NGM (NGM-B), and selective Todd-Hewitt broth (S-THB) for 18∼24 hours in 5% CO2 at 35oC. Agar dilutional antimicrobial susceptibility tests, serotyping, and PCR were performed for GBS isolates.
Results: The colonization rate of GBS in pregnant women was 11.5% (27/234). Of the specimen cultures, 9.8% of anorectal cultures were positive, 8.1% of urethral orifice cultures were positive, and 7.3% of vagina cultures were positive. The detection rate of GBS in the different culture media was S-THB (96.3%), NGM-B (92.6%), NGM-H (88.9%), and NGM-T (85.2%). The distribution of GBS serotypes was as follows: III (29.6%), V and VI (22.2%), Ib and II (11.1%), and Ia (3.7%). 33.3% of GBS isolates were resistant to erythromycin and 44.4% to clindamycin. Among the nine erythromycin-resistant isolates, eight were serotype V and VI, which are erm(B) positive serotypes.
Conclusion: The colonization of pregnant women by GBS, and the incidence of resistance of the GBS isolates to erythromycin and clindamycin were higher than those previously reported. Serotypes V and VI, GBS serotypes that carry the erm(B), are novel serotypes that have not previously been identified in pregnant Korean women.
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KEYWORD
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Group B streptococci, Erythromycin, Clindamycin, erm(B), Serotype
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