However, the targeting strategy, whether based on clinical risk factors or prenatal Group B Streptococcus screening, remains uncertain. Universal bacteriological screening of pregnant women during late pregnancy is widely adopted, yet questions persist regarding its benefits and potent...
If you have group B streptococcus and you give birth vaginally, your newborn may contract it as she moves through the birth canal. There’s a small chance your baby may become critically ill from the bacteria, which is why it’s important to get treatment for GBS (in the form of antibi...
Streptococcus agalactiae, also known as Group BStreptococcus(GBS) is an opportunistic pathogen of humans and animals, which causes a diverse range of infections that encompasses asymptomatic colonization and severe and life-threatening systemic disease such as toxic shock-like syndrome1. GBS is the wor...
Serological group B streptococci (GBS) are common bacteria, which usually remain unnoticed. This is also the case for the almost 20% of pregnant women with vaginal or anal colonization of GBS. The bacteria pose a risk for the babies, however: In the worst case, an infection at birth can ...
To investigate asymptomatic vagino-rectal carriage of group B streptococcus (GBS) in pregnant women.Women in the final trimester of pregnancy were recruite... N Jones,K Oliver,Y Jones,... - 《Journal of Clinical Pathology》 被引量: 85发表: 2006年 Epidemiology of Group B streptococcus isolate...
Two in 10,000 babies may be saved by antibiotics during birth, but this comes at the cost of giving 1/3 of all pregnant women antibiotics. There are many reasons women may not want antibiotics for Group B Streptococcus. These include: ...
Group B streptococcus-a rare cause of meningitis in nonpregnant adults: Case reportR., SweisT., Bleck
Group B streptococci (Streptococcus agalactiae) are a major cause of meningitis and septicemia in neonates and pregnant women, but the importance of group ... MM Farley,RC Harvey,T Stull,... - 《International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics》 被引量: 1125发表: 1994年 Multilocus Sequence Typ...
Screening for group B Streptococcus in pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis Rastreo de Streptococcus del grupo B en gestantes: revisión sistemática y metanálisis Rastreamento de Streptococcus do grupo B em gestantes: revisão sistemática e metanálise ...
We analyzed the cases of pyogenic arthritis from group B streptococcus (GBS), or, in nonpregnant adults diagnosed in the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, a 1,000-bed tertiary care teaching hospital in Barcelona, Spain, during a 10-year period, and we reviewed the available literature to sum...