Research Article
Correlation between Group B Streptococcal Genotypes, Their Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles, and Virulence Genes among Pregnant Women in Lebanon
Table 3
Distribution of bca and rib virulence genes in GBS genotype clusters.
| Genotype Clusters | bca gene | rib gene | ( of isolates) | positive (%) | positive (%) |
| I (14) | 5 (35.7) | 6 (42.9) | II (10) | 6 (60.0) | 4 (40.0) | III (15) | 9 (60.0) | 5 (33.3) | IV (6) | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) | V (9) | 4 (44.4) | 3 (33.3) | VI (9) | 7 (77.8) | 2 (22.2) | VII (13) | 7 (53.8) | 4 (30.7) | Total (76) | 43 (56.5) | 25 (32.9) |
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