<i>Streptococcus agalactiae</i>: Identification methods, antimicrobial susceptibility, and resistance genes in pregnant women
Fabrícia Almeida Fernandes Santana, Taís Viana Lédo De Oliveira, Marcelo Barreto de Souza Filho, Lucas Santana Coelho da Silva, Breno Bittencourt de Brito, Fabrício Freire de Melo, Cláudio Lima Souza, Lucas Miranda Marques, Márcio Vasconcelos Oliveira
Abstract
BACKGROUND: (GBS) is a normal component of the gastrointestinal and genital microbiota in humans and can lead to important infections in newborns. AIM: To compare GBS isolation and identification methods as well as to assess the antibiotic susceptibility and to identify resistance genes in GBS strains from pregnant women attended in healthcare services from the city of Vitória da Conquista, in Bahia State, Brazil. METHODS: B in the clindamycin and/or erythromycin-resistant samples was carried out. RESULTS: B gene was not found in any isolate. CONCLUSION: This study evidenced that the screening for SGB can be performed by means of various methods, including chromogenic media, and that the chemoprophylaxis for pregnant women who cannot use penicillin must be susceptibility-guided.