Evaluation of Universal Antenatal Screening for Group B Streptococcus
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- 18 June 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 360 (25), 2626-2636
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa0806820
Abstract
Group B streptococcal disease is one of the most common infections in the first week after birth. In 2002, national guidelines recommended universal late antenatal screening of pregnant women for colonization with group B streptococcus to identify candidates for intrapartum chemoprophylaxis.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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