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GROUP –B STREPTOCOCCAL GENITAL INFECTION AND PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Abstract

Background: Premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is an obstetric condition that involves spontaneous amniotic fluid leakage at least one hour before onset of labor complicates 5-10% of all deliveries. Its etiology is multi-factorial as polyhydramnios, cervical incompetence, congenital uterine abnormality, trauma and previous cervical biopsy.
Objective: To assess the effect of vaginal colonization with group B streptococcal infection on the incidence of premature rupture of membranes and how to prevent its complications in pregnant women.
Patients and methods: This was a prospective study included the period between December 2018 till May 2020 and was conducted on one hundred and forty (140) pregnant women suffered from vaginal infection with group B streptococcal infection selected from the antenatal Care Clinic of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Al-Azhar University Hospitals and Sedi Salem General Hospital. Pregnant women with single viable fetus, gestational age after 28 weeks, and those with no past history of premature rupture of membranes were included in this study. Those with polyhydramnious, UTI, dead fetus, Diabetes mellitus, congenital fetal malformation, multiple pregnancies and with fibroid disease were excluded from this study.
Results: The presence of vaginal infection increase the incidence of premature rupture of membranes, especially if those infections were due to streptococci group B, premature rupture of membranes increased.
Conclusion: The presence of vaginal infections increased the incidence of PROM more.

DOI

10.21608/amj.2021.139732

Keywords

Group B streptococcal infection, PROM, Pregnant women

Authors

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Mahmoud

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Abd El-Wehab Hamed Ghoneim

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Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University

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m-abdelwehab@yahoo.com

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Fahd

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Abd El-Eal Al-Omda

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Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University

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Ahmed

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Taha Abd El-Fattah

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Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University

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Mohamed

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Abd El-Hameed Khedr

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Departments of Clinical Pathology , Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University

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50

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1

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20574

Issue Date

2021-01-01

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2021-01-15

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2021-01-01

Page Start

397

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406

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1110-0400

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941

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Al-Azhar Medical Journal

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GROUP –B STREPTOCOCCAL GENITAL INFECTION AND PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES

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22 Jan 2023