Publications

group b streptococcal carriage during pregnancy in trinidad.		1995	7759834
neonatal meningitis: a 3-year retrospective study at the mount hope women's hospital, trinidad, west indies.	the objective of this 3-year (1988-1990) retrospective study was to report the experience with neonatal meningitis at the neonatal intensive care unit, mount hope women's hospital, trinidad, west indies. neonates were included in the study if organisms were cultured from the cerebrospinal fluid (csf) and/or if there was a pleocytosis (> or = 100/mm3) in the csf. there were 49 neonates with meningitis out of a total of 17,048 live born (lb) infants during the 3-year period to give an overall inci ...	1995	7776392
prevalence of group b streptococcal colonization in pregnant third trimester women in trinidad.	a study of colonization by group b streptococcus was conducted in 204 pregnant women in their third trimester. positive cultures were obtained from vaginal and rectal swabs in 64 (31.4%) of these women. no significant differences in colonization rates were noted on the basis of ethnicity (race) and gravidity. however, there was a significant difference in the rate of colonization of vagina and rectum. fifty-two (25.5%) women had positive isolates from vaginal swabs compared with 26 (12.7%) women ...	1994	7916362
colonization with group b streptococci in pregnancy and outcome of infected neonates in trinidad.	the present study took place at the antenatal clinics of the san fernando general hospital located in the south and the mount hope maternity hospital located in the north-west of the west indies, respectively. participants were from the lower socioeconomic group that included representatives from the two major ethnic groups, east indians and people of african descent.	2003	12828589
neonatal group b streptococcal infection at the mount hope women's hospital, trinidad.	to determine the incidence of early onset group b streptococcal (gbs) infection in neonates at the mount hope women's hospital, trinidad over the period 1996-97.	2004	14678305
neonatal bacterial septicaemia at the mount hope women's hospital, trinidad.	this retrospective study to determine the incidence of bacterial septicaemia in neonates at the mount hope women's hospital, trinidad during a 2-year period, 1996 to 1997, included all neonates whose blood or cerebrospinal fluid cultured positive for bacteria. there were 9866 live births (lb), 102 of whom were diagnosed with bacterial sepsis, an incidence of 10/1000 lb. thirty-one neonates had a positive culture for group b streptococcus, an incidence of 3/1000 lb. gram-negative organisms accoun ...	2004	15005965
antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of group b streptococci isolated from pregnant women in trinidad, west indies.		2004	15573229