Selective maternal culturing to identify group B streptococcal infection
| Autor: | Marykay Pasnick, Philip B. Mead, Alistair G. S. Philip |
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| Rok vydání: | 1980 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Fetal Membranes Premature Rupture Physiology Group B Streptococcal Infection Infant Newborn Diseases Group B Streptococcus agalactiae Obstetric Labor Premature Pregnancy Sepsis Streptococcal Infections ABO blood group system Humans Medicine Meningitis Colonization Retrospective Studies business.industry Infant Newborn Obstetrics and Gynecology medicine.disease Vagina Obstetric history Immunology Blood Group Antigens Female business Premature rupture of membranes Rh blood group system |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 138:480-484 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9378 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0002-9378(80)90273-2 |
| Popis: | During a 5-year period vaginal cultures were obtained from all women with an obstetric history of premature onset of labor or premature rupture of membranes. With these indications, 1,213 (12.7%) of all parturient patients were cultured and 10.2% of those cultured were colonized with group B beta-hemolytic streptococci. Maternal colonization did not correlate with ABO blood group, although a significantly higher percentage of Rh negative women were colonized (p0.01). During this 5-year period, 20 infants had documented early-onset infection (sepsis or meningitis) with group B beta-hemolytic streptococci. All 10 infants had a maternal history of premature onset of labor and/or premature rupture of membranes. Mothers of eight infants were cultured and seven of these cultures were positive. Approximately one of every 20 infants designated at high risk actually developed early-onset disease. Selective maternal culturing effectively identifies those infants as risk for early-onset group B streptococcal disease. |
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