| adoption of perinatal group b streptococcal disease prevention recommendations by prenatal-care providers--connecticut and minnesota, 1998. | group b streptococcal (gbs) infections are the leading bacterial cause of serious neonatal disease in the united states (1). in 1996, in collaboration with the american academy of pediatrics and the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists, cdc issued consensus guidelines for preventing perinatal gbs disease (2-4). these guidelines recommend using either a screening-based or a risk-based strategy to identify women who should receive intrapartum antimicrobial prophylaxis. to assess ado ... | 2000 | 10763673 |
| from the centers for disease control and prevention. adoption of perinatal group b streptococcal disease prevention recommendations by prenatal-care providers--connecticut and minnesota, 1998. | | 2000 | 10836964 |
| early-onset neonatal sepsis in the era of group b streptococcal prevention. | to determine whether intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for neonatal group b streptococcal (gbs) disease has resulted in an increased rate of non-gbs or antibiotic-resistant early-onset invasive neonatal disease. | 2001 | 11694686 |
| integrated monitoring of a new group b streptococcal disease prevention program and other perinatal infections. | to determine levels of prenatal screening for several infections, intrapartum recognition of risk factors, and prophylaxis against mother-to-child transmission of group b streptococcus. | 2002 | 12092979 |
| how connecticut primary care physicians view treatments for streptococcal and nonstreptococcal pharyngitis. | inappropriate antibiotic treatment of respiratory infections has been reported to be common; however, the specifics of this inappropriate treatment are not completely defined. | 2008 | 18343252 |
| laboratory practices for prenatal group b streptococcal screening and reporting--connecticut, georgia, and minnesota, 1997-1998. | group b streptococcus (gbs) is a leading cause of neonatal sepsis in the united states. cdc, in collaboration with the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists and the american academy of pediatrics, recommends that laboratories adopt optimal screening practices to identify gbs and to promptly report test results so that gbs-colonized pregnant women can receive antibiotics during labor. to assess gbs screening practices in clinical laboratories, state health departments surveyed labor ... | 1999 | 10365633 |
| group b streptococcal bacteremia in adults at hartford hospital 1991-1996. | invasive disease due to group b streptococci has been increasingly recognized as a problem in chronically ill adults. we studied all adults presenting with bacteremia due to group b streptococci at hartford hospital over a period of more than five years. fifty-nine episodes of septicemia occurred with a mortality rate of 15.3%. markers for mortality included cirrhosis, azotemia, transaminase elevation, respiratory distress on admission, and ionized hypocalcemia although commonly thought of as a ... | 1998 | 9785635 |