Antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from pregnant women at a maternity hospital in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-6108.2018.3.30246Keywords:
Streptococcus agalactiae, group B streptococci, pregnant women, anti-bacterial agents, antibiotic prophylaxis, drug resistance, microbial.Abstract
AIMS: To characterize the antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from pregnant women attended at a public hospital.
METHODS: The study was carried out in a public maternal and child hospital in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, in which the screening for S. agalactiae in pregnant women is part of the obstetrics routine. The study was carried out on anal/vaginal swab tests performed from July 2015 to February 2016. Bacterial isolates were identified by phenotypic tests, and the susceptibility to ampicillin, clindamycin, erythromycin and ofloxacin was determined. The erythromycin resistance genes ermB and mefA were also investigated.
RESULTS: A total of 294 samples were included, and of these, 26 (8%) were positive for S. agalactiae. All isolates were susceptible to ampicillin, and resistance to erythromycin (21.4%), clindamycin (14.3%) and ofloxacin (7.1%) were observed. The mefA genotype was observed in 66% of the erythromycin resistant isolates.
CONCLUSIONS: Results of this study corroborate the consensus that in pregnant women colonized with S. agalactiae, intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis with penicillin G or ampicillin is indicated. The relevant proportion of isolates resistant to erythromycin and clindamycin, indicated for intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis in case of allergy to beta-lactam antibiotics, emphasizes the importance of determining the profile of antimicrobial susceptibility of these isolates, a measure that is not yet part of routine prenatal tests in many institutions.
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