… S aureus and MRSA strains would be present in the genital tract of pregnant women and
could pose a pregnancy-… -susceptible S aureus and MRSA colonization in a large cohort of …

… and identified S aureus in these screening culture specimens. Briefly, colonies that were
typical of S aureus were isolated and confirmed by agglutination testing using the Bacti Staph …

… cohort study of pregnant women and their infants. Demographic and clinical data,
including S. … Staphylococcus aureus infections are increasing in pregnant and postpartum …

… -resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) anovaginal colonization in pregnant women at
our center (Columbia University Medical Center) was 0.5%, and MRSA-colonized women were …

… Most commonly, it presents in pregnant women as a skin or soft tissue infection that
involves … It is not unexpected that MRSA is found in our multiparous, pregnant women. They …

… prospective studies to examine pregnant women with S. aureus carriage (methicillin resistant
or methicillin susceptible) to improve our understanding of the evolving epidemiology of S. …

… Ten different Staphylococcus species were identified from the HVS of the pregnant
women in the present study, namely S. aureus, S. saprophyticus, …

… women population since we enrolled women at a prenatal monitoring unit, thereby selecting
more complicated pregnancies … rate (34%) was detected in pregnant women in this study as …

… Previous studies of pregnant women have analyzed vaginal cultures for the presence of S
aureus and MRSA. The studies noted a 17% incidence of S aureus; 2.8% of affected patients …

… Our finding that approximately 30% of pregnant women are colonized with S aureus is
consistent with previous literature on the rate of S aureus colonization in adults. We found rates of …