VIROLOGICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL STUDY ABOUT UMBILICAL-CORD AND PREGNANT WOMENS INFECTION IN BRAZZAVILLE

Serological study of serum samples taken from pregnant women and umbilical cord and bacteriological study of vaginal secretions samples and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) showed in mothers: T. pallidum antibody (Tp ab) 9 %, Rubivirus antibody (Ru ab) 85 %; HBs Ag 16 %, HIV antibody (HIV ab) 4 %. Microbe culture showed: S. aureus 18 %, Streptococcus sp. 9 %, E. coli 4.9 %, Klebsiella 3.6 %, Citrobacter 3.6 %, Candida albicans 15 %; direct immunofluorescence: Chlamydia 26 %. In infants: IgG umbilical cord: Tp ab 4.8 %, Rub ab: 80.6 %, HIV ab 4/4, Hbs Ag 11.3 % Microbe culture in CSF: global frequency: 5.1 %; Streptococcus; p. 31.8 %, Staphylococcus 20.5 %, enterobacteriaceae 27.2 %, other Gram negative bacilli 20.5 %.