Rectovaginal Carriage Rate of Group B Streptococcus and Its Associated Risk Factors among Pregnant Women in a Tertiary Hospital in Sourthern Nigeria

Abstract

Background: Recto-vaginal colonization with Group B Streptococcus during pregnancy is a major cause of bacterial infection in the perinatal period resulting in urinary tract infection, premature rupture of membranes (PROM), chorioamnionitis, endometritis, bacteraemia, as well as sepsis, meningitis and pneumonia in neonates.