| epidemiology of group b streptococcus: longitudinal observations during pregnancy. | a longitudinal, three-year study of the epidemiology of group b streptococcus was conducted with repeated (four to 11) observations of 382 patients followed through pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum period. group b streptococci (2.3% of which were nonhemolytic) were isolated from the birth canal at first visit from 15% of the patients and from 28% with repeated cultures. overall, group b streptococci were isolated at 12% of culture visits. streptococcal carriage was significantly less comm ... | 1978 | 351070 |
| group b streptococcus colonization by hiv status in pregnant women: prevalence and risk factors. | to examine the prevalence of and risk factors for group b streptococcus (gbs) colonization in an hiv-infected and uninfected pregnant population. | 2011 | 22011210 |
| prevention of group b streptococcus early-onset disease: a toolkit by the california perinatal quality care collaborative. | the california perinatal quality care collaborative (cpqcc) was organized in 1996 in an effort to improve perinatal outcomes in california. cpqcc has a robust infrastructure of quality improvement resources and expertise and uses a database of demographic and outcome data from neonatal intensive care units in california. in 2004, cpqcc developed a toolkit to provide an evidence-based framework and supporting documents for hospitals to use in systematically addressing persistent early-onset disea ... | 2010 | 19657350 |
| colonization of mexican pregnant women with group b streptococcus. | | 1981 | 7012243 |
| estimating the probability of neonatal early-onset infection on the basis of maternal risk factors. | to develop a quantitative model to estimate the probability of neonatal early-onset bacterial infection on the basis of maternal intrapartum risk factors. | 2011 | 22025590 |