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- Title
Water birth: is the water an additional reservoir for group B streptococcus?
- Authors
Zanetti-Dällenbach, R.; Lapaire, O.; Maertens, A.; Frei, R.; Holzgreve, W.; Hösli, I.
- Abstract
Objective: Water birth became popular in the last years, despite the fact that many questions like the risk of infection for the newborn remain unanswered. Group B streptococcal (GBS) infections in the newborn remain a challenge in obstetrics and neonatology. Method: We conducted a prospective trial to study the impact of water birth on the colonization rate of the bath water and, more importantly, the GBS-colonization rate of the newborn. Result: After water birth the bath water was significantly more often colonized with GBS than after immersion followed by a delivery in bed. The newborns, however, showed no difference in GBS colonization and there was even a trend towards less GBS colonization of the newborn after a water delivery. Conclusion: Regarding GBS colonization of the newborn during water birth there might be a wash out effect, which protects the children during the delivery.
- Subjects
CHILDBIRTH; NEWBORN infants; NEONATAL infections; STREPTOCOCCAL diseases; INFECTION; OBSTETRICS; NEONATOLOGY
- Publication
Archives of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2006, Vol 273, Issue 4, p236
- ISSN
0932-0067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00404-005-0067-1