Table 1.

GBS Carriage Recovered Rates Only in Vaginal, Anorectal and in Both Specimens from 102 Pregnant Women by Hitchens–Pike–Todd–Hewitt (HPTH), Sheep Blood Agar Containing Selective Antimicrobial (ABA) and Todd–Hewitt Broth

	No. (%) of GBS‐positive specimens in pregnant women
Media	Vaginal	Anorectal	Vagina+Anorectal	Total
HPTH	5 (4.9)	2 (1.9)	15 (14.7)	22 (21.6)
ABA	1 (1.0)	5 (4.9)	7 (6.9)	13 (12.8)
Todd–Hewitt	9 (8.8)	–	3 (2.9)	12 (11.8)

HPTH, Hitchens–Pike–Todd–Hewitt; ABA, sheep blood agar containing selective antimicrobial; GBS, group B Streptococci.