CONCLUSION
The prevalence of GBS colonisation in pregnant women in this study is
not significantly different to that found elsewhere in Cameroon,
indicating the need for screening of pregnant women for GBS so that
intrapartum antimicrobial prophylaxis can be offered to all GBS-
colonised women. We found that income, gestationnal age, parity, induce
abortion, spontaneaous abortions, spontaneaous abortions, stillborn,
number of prenatal visits, fever and anemia were associated with higher
rates of GBS colonisation, while UTI and HIV were associated with lower
rates of colonisation. However, similar sensitivity to beta lactamines
was shown for strains isolated, currently used as the first and second
line prophylactic regimens. Given that our prevalence was hospital
based, we equally recommend large scale epidemiological studies to be
done in other parts of the country to know the current GBS colonisation
rate irrelevant to guide clinical decision making and public health
policies towards implementation of strategies of prevention.