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- Title
Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease After Universal Screening Recommendations-- United States, 2003-2005.
- Authors
Reingold, A.; Gershman, K.; Petit, S.; Arnold, K.; Harrison, L.; Lynfield, R.; Albanese, B.; Zansky, S.; Thomas, A.; Craig, A.; Schrag, SJ.; Phil, D.; Zell, ER.; Lewis, P.; Patel, RM.
- Abstract
This article presents news from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In this study, the agency examined perinatal group B streptococcal (GBS) disease after universal screening recommendations were implemented in the U.S. In 2002, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued guidelines that advised universal screening of pregnant women at 35-37 weeks gestation for GBS and the intrapartum antibiotic therapy for GBS carriers. This study found that the preventive measures did lower the incident of early onset GBS in white infants but the rate rose in black infants. The disparity for African Americans appears to be an independent risk factor for the disease.
- Subjects
UNITED States; STREPTOCOCCAL disease prevention; INFANT mortality; MATERNAL health services; PREGNANCY complications; GUIDELINES; ANTIBIOTICS; DISEASES in African Americans; MEDICAL care of minorities; HEALTH equity; AMERICAN Academy of Pediatrics; AMERICAN College of Obstetricians &; Gynecologists; PREVENTION
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2007, Vol 298, Issue 12, p1390
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.298.12.1390