Streptococcus agalactiae

Streptococcus agalactiae: Vaginal Carriage, Associated Risk Factors and Antibiotic Susceptibility in Pregnant Women Received at Ouakam Military Hospital Laboratory, Senegal

Papa Aly Thiam GUEYE, Cheikh FAYE, Aissatou SOW Ndoye, Pasca Elie Engo, Mame Diarra Ba, Souleymane Aïdara, Moustapha Mbow & Mame Cheikh SECK · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2025

Introduction: Streptococcus agalactiae or Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a commensal bacterium of the female reproductive tract that can be pathogenic in newborns. The objectives of this present study were: to determine the rate of vaginal carriage of GBS in pregnant women, the a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2025/v35i31549

Detection of Virulence Genes in Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae Isolated from Mastitis in the Middle East

Ayman El-Behiry, Mohamed Elsayed, Eman Marzouk & Yaser Bathich · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

Aims: The current study was carried out to genotypically characterize Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Streptococcus agalactiae (S. agalactiae) isolated from clinical and subclincal cases of bovine mastitis. Study Design: The S. aureus and S. agalactiae strains were characte...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/19237

First Study of scpB Gene of Streptococcus agalactiae in Misiones, Argentina

M. E. Laczesk, M. G. Novosak & M. I. Vergara · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

Aims: Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) is the leading cause of neonatal infections. GBS presents different surface proteins of antigenic characteristics. These proteins are encoded by several genes associated with virulence and host interaction acting on bacteria involved in invasi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17956