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Screening for Group B Streptococcus: A Private Hospital's Experience
Author(s) -
Sebastian Faro,
Brenda Brehm,
Frances Smith,
Melanie Mouzoon,
Anthony Greisinger,
Oscar Wehmanen,
Mark Turrentine
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
infectious diseases in obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.656
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1098-0997
pISSN - 1064-7449
DOI - 10.1155/2010/451096
Subject(s) - medicine , group b , tertiary care , incidence (geometry) , neonatal sepsis , sepsis , antibiotic prophylaxis , streptococcus , pediatrics , obstetrics , retrospective cohort study , streptococcus agalactiae , antibiotics , emergency medicine , physics , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , optics , biology
To assess the effect of universal screening and administration of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent early-onset neonatal GBS sepsis at a private tertiary care hospital since issuance of the 2002 CDC guidelines for preventing perinatal GBS disease.

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