Publications

universal screening for group b streptococcus: recommendations and obstetricians' practice decisions.	to determine how obstetricians' opinions regarding universal screening of pregnant women for group b streptococcus (gbs) and their responses to positive culture results vary from american academy of pediatrics recommendations, and to determine the physician characteristics that predict divergent opinions.	1995	7862388
patient preference for self-collected cultures for group b streptococcus in pregnancy.	to determine pregnant women's preference for self-culture technique, 251 women between 24 and 42 weeks' gestation were interviewed after performing self-collected cultures (vaginal and rectal) for group b streptococcus. patient receptiveness to self-culture, the ability to perform self-culture, and the desire for choice in the future were derived using the patient preference tool. the majority of women (77%, n = 194) gave positive descriptions of self-culture technique, and the majority of women ...	1997	9358704
outbreak of late-onset group b streptococcus in a neonatal intensive care unit.	in september 2007, the tennessee department of health was notified of a cluster of late-onset group b streptococcal (gbs) infections in a neonatal intensive care unit (nicu). outbreaks of late-onset gbs are rare.	2010	20022407