Evaluation of Universal Antenatal Screening for Group B Streptococcus
Evaluation of Universal Antenatal Screening for Group B Streptococcus
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DOI:
10.1056/nejmoa0806820
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发表时间:
2009-06-18
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
Schrag, Stephanie J.
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作者:
Van Dyke, Melissa K.;Phares, Christina R.;Schrag, Stephanie J.
BackgroundGroup B streptococcal disease is one of the most common infections in the first week after birth. In 2002, national guidelines recommended universal late antenatal screening of pregnant women for colonization with group B streptococcus to identify candidates for intrapartum chemoprophylaxis.MethodsWe evaluated the implementation of the guidelines in a multistate, retrospective cohort selected from the Active Bacterial Core surveillance, a 10-state, population-based system that monitors invasive group B streptococcal disease. We abstracted data from the labor and delivery records of a stratified random sample of live births and of all cases in which the newborn had early-onset group B streptococcal disease (i.e., disease in infants