1Reference National Laboratory Fighting Against AIDS, National Direction of Health, Health Ministry, 04PO Box 378 Cotonou, Benin
2National Laboratory of Health Ministry. 04 PO Box 378, Cotonou, Bénin
3National Hepato-Virology institute. Medicine Faculty of Mauritanie
4National Laboratory Fighting Against Tuberculosis. 01 PO Box 321. Cotonou, Benin
5Research Laboratory in Applied Biology, Department of Human Biology, Polytechnic. School of Abomey-Calavi, University of Abomey-Calavi, 01 PO Box 2009, Cotonou, Benin
6Laboratory of Bacteriology and Virology. University Cheikh Anta Diop. PO Box 7325, 30 Avenue Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal
American Journal of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology.
2017,
Vol. 5 No. 3, 109-114
DOI: 10.12691/ajidm-5-3-3
Copyright © 2017 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Tchiakpe Edmond, Zahra Fall Malick, Laurence Carine Yehouenou, Honoré Sourou Bankolé, Bekou Kossi Wilfried, Esse Atchéni Marius, Halimatou Diop Ndiaye, Coumba Touré Kane. Bacterial Distribution and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of
group B Streptococcus β hemolytic (GBS) in Vaginal Infections at Cotonou in Benin.
American Journal of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. 2017; 5(3):109-114. doi: 10.12691/ajidm-5-3-3.
Correspondence to: Tchiakpe Edmond, Reference National Laboratory Fighting Against AIDS, National Direction of Health, Health Ministry, 04PO Box 378 Cotonou, Benin. Email:
edtchi@yahoo.frAbstract
No orthodox practices disrupt the vaginal flora and expose it to pathogenic microorganisms including group B Streptococcus β hemolytic (GBS). The study aims to describe the bacterial profil and resistance of GBS to antibiotics. Retrospective study included 640 women at Cotonou suspected of vaginal infections or vaginal discharge during 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2015. Three swabs were collected and analyzed to identify the bacteria by standard biochemical reactions, diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis and identification of Trichomonas vaginalis, yeasts and leukocyte count. Antibiogram was performed according to the CA-SFM. Among 640 samples, 502 (78.4%) were positive. The most encountered microorganisms were Candida albicans (37.45%) and GBS (19.92%). GBS sensitivity ranged from 80-100% for augmentin, pefloxacin and nitrofuran. But resistance was observed to netilmicin, tetracyclin, cefoxitin, cephalotin, thiamphenicol, trimethoprim / sulfamethnoxazole between 80-100%. A high percentage of resistance is the result of uncontrolled access to antibiotics and improper antibiotic policy. Routine susceptibility testing will allow to take appropriate treatment of GBS in Benin.
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