Streptococcus agalactiae colonization is common among pregnant women with HIV infection and is neither predicted by hospital tier nor trimester in Mwanza, Tanzania
Approximately a quarter of pregnant women are colonized by GBS in Mwanza, Tanzania; and colonization is remarkably higher among HIV-infected women. Ampicillin is recommended for prophylaxis and treatment of GBS. Introduction of routine GBS screening among all HIV-infected pregnant women using ultrasensitive CHROMagar™ Strep B agar is recommended, and molecular characterization of GBS isolates would be of interest to guide future vaccination strategies.
Authors
- Fridolin Mujuni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0701-4061)
- Boniface A. Remi
- Richard Kiritta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1634-3281)
- Ruth N. Zadoks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-8000)
- Sophyrose T Mboya
- Dismas Matovelo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1048-6166)
- Nyambura Moremi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5303-1156)
- Claudia Daubenberger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7136-0642)
- Stephen Eliatosha Mshana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7526-6271)
- Jeremiah Seni
- Paul H Ngayomela
Institutions
- Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (TZ)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (CH)
- University of Basel (CH)
- Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (TZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Published
- 2025-04-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-025-07585-1
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.51
Funders
- University of Health and Allied Sciences
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada