Publications

group b streptococcal carriage in nigeria.	1038 patients of different age groups and clinical conditions attending three large hospitals in ibadan between august 1977 and december 1978 were screened for group b streptococcal carriage. 132 (12.7%) of these patients were found to be colonized by this organism. a breakdown of the colonization rates was: in women--19.3% during the first and second trimesters of pregnancy, 17.6% during labour (third trimester) and 19% among std patients; in adult males--9% among std patients and nil among pat ...	1980	7001689
epidemiology of group b streptococcal carriage among pregnant women and their neonates: an african experience.	a prospective study of group b streptococcal vaginal carriage among 225 nigerian pregnant women in labour at uch, ibadan during a 3 month period in 1980 revealed a vaginal carriage rate of 19.5%; 8.9% of the 224 infants of the 218 infant-mother pair studied were colonized at birth. a significant proportion of the colonized mothers were primigravidas but no significant association was found between vaginal colonization and premature onset of labour, prolonged rupture of membranes, prolonged labou ...	1983	6351383
determination of asymptomatic carrier rate of beta-haemolytic group b streptococcus in vaginas of pregnant women in ibadan, nigeria.	bacteriological studies of 500 vaginal swabs from pregnant women in second and third trimester from 4 government hospitals in ibadan showed that 8 (1.6 per cent) were found to be culture-positive for group b streptococcus. five (1.0 per cent) were found to harbour group d streptococci. all the 8 group b streptococcus isolates were sensitive to erythromycin, methicillin, penicillin g, ampicillin and chloramphenicol in decreasing order. they were resistant to tetracycline, sulphafurazole and strep ...	1986	3526761