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    The carriage of group B streptococci in Turkish pregnant women and its transmission rate in newborns and serotype distribution
    (2005) Eren A.; Küçükercan M.; Oguzoglu N.; Ünal N.; Karateke A.
    The prevalence of group B streptococci (GBS) colonization was studied in 500 pregnant women and their newborn infants by collecting vaginal and rectal swabs from mothers, and umbilical and throat swabs from their infants. Forty-six isolates of GBS were obtained from mothers' specimens and eight from neonates. Maternal and infant colonization rates were found to be 9.2% and 1.6%, respectively. Vertical transmission rate was 15.2%. Additionally, serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility of 54 isolates of GBS were determined. Type Ia, II and III were common serotypes among GBS isolates from mothers and infants. When evaluating the factors that affect GBS carriage, age, socioeconomic status and education level of pregnant women were important for carriage, while use of intrauterine device and parity were unrelated. No resistance to ampicillin, penicillin, ceftriaxone or vancomycin was found by disk diffusion method. A high level of resistance against tetracycline was noted (91%). Although invasive serotypes are predominant, the rarity of GBS disease in Turkish infants may be due to low rates of maternal carriage or to their possessing protective levels of GBS-specific IgG antibody in their sera.
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    Postpartum sexual function of women and the effects of early pelvic floor muscle exercises
    (2010) Citak N.; Cam C.; Arslan H.; Karateke A.; Tug N.; Ayaz R.; Celik C.
    Objective. To evaluate the effects of early pelvic floor muscle training after vaginal delivery on sexual function. Design. Prospective randomized study. Settings. Urogynecology clinic of a tertiary medical center in Istanbul, Turkey. Population. Total of 75 primiparous women. Methods. Pelvic floor-muscle strength was assessed during rest and straining in primiparous women in their 4th postpartum month, after which the women were randomized into training (n=37) and control (n=38) groups. Patients were re-evaluated in the 7th postpartum month. Main outcome measures. Female sexual function and pelvic muscle strength scores. Results. Desire, pain and total female sexual index scores were significantly higher in the 7th month compared to 4th month in both groups (p < 0.05). However, sexual arousal, lubrication, orgasm, and satisfaction scores were improved in the 7th month in the training group (paired t-test, p < 0.001), but not significantly in the control group (p > 0.05). All domains except satisfaction were significantly higher in the training group compared with the controls. Pelvic floor-muscle strength was found to be increased in the 7th month in the training group (Wilcoxon rank test, Z=4.123, p < 0.001), whereas there was no significant difference between the 4th and 7th month measurements in the controls (p > 0.05). Conclusion. Pelvic floor-muscle training improves pelvic floor-muscle function, and starting after the puerperal period, exercise appears to have positive effects on female sexual function. © 2010 Informa UK Ltd.