Colonization by Group B Streptococcus of the Urogenital and Rectal Tracts of Pregnant Women with Cured Infertility by Applying In Vitro Fertilization

Abstract

The authors carried out a comparison of the frequency of colonization of the urogenital tract and the rectum by group B streptococci in pregnant women with normal and reduced reproductive function through the use of in vitro fertilization. We established a significantly higher incidence of group B streptococcal infection of women after in vitro fertilization compared with pregnant women with unchanged fertility. The maximum frequency of group B streptococcal colonization of the urogenital tract and the rectum of pregnant women with restored reproductive function are observed in the II and III trimester of pregnancy. The method of choice to establish the fact of colonization of group B streptococci in pregnant women is a combined sample II.

Keywords

• pregnant women
• in vitro fertilization
• group B streptococci
• trimester of pregnancy