Research Article
Group B Streptococcus Colonization among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Tertiary Hospital in Rural Southwestern Uganda
Table 2
Participants’ obstetric and clinical characteristics.
| | Variable | | GBS positive = 89 | GBS negative = 220 |
| | Gravidity | | | | | Primipara | 115 (37.2) | 26 (29.2) | 89 (40.5) | | Multipara | 155 (50.2) | 50 (56.2) | 105 (47.7) | | Grand multipara | 39 (12.6) | 13 (14.6) | 26 (11.8) | | Previous pregnancies history | | | | | Prelabor rupture of membranes | 14 (4.5) | 3 (3.4) | 11 (5) | | Fever during labor | 38 (12.3) | 10 (11.2) | 28 (12.7) | | Perineal tear | 45 (14.6) | 19 (21.3) | 26 (11.8) | | Preterm birth | 12 (3.9) | 3 (3.3) | 9 (4.1) | | Stillbirth | 24 (7.8) | 4 (4.5) | 20 (9.1) | | Early neonatal death | 11 (3.6) | 1 (1.1) | 10 (4.5) | | Abortion | 38 (12.8) | 10 (11.2) | 28 (12.7) | | Ectopic | 5 (1.6) | 0 (0) | 5 (2.3) | | Current pregnancy | | | | | WOA | | | | | 35–37.6 | 168 (54.4) | 48 (53.9) | 120 (54.5) | | 38–40.6 | 114 (36.9) | 36 (40.4) | 78 (35.5) | | ≥41 | 27 (8.7) | 5 (5.6) | 22 (10) | | LAP | 116 (37.5) | 30 (33.7) | 86 (39.1) | | Herbal medicine use | 240 (77.7) | 71 (79.8) | 160 (72.7) | | Dysuria | 109 (35.3) | 17 (19.1) | 48 (21.8) | | Abnormal pervaginal discharge | 92 (29.8) | 26 (21.2) | 66 (30) | | Herbal administration | | | | | Vaginal | 27 (8.7) | 6 (6.7) | 21 (9.5) | | Oral | 214 (69.3) | 66 (74.1) | 148 (67.2) |
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