GBS Screening
Bacterial Hyaluronidase Promotes Ascending GBS Infection and Preterm Birth
... with GBS⌬hylB ...with GBS⌬hylB that did not show ascending infection also had lower levels of inflammation than those that did show ascending infection ...earlier GBS screening during ...
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Comparison of the Panther Fusion and BD MAX Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Assays for Detection of GBS in Prenatal Screening Specimens
... All GBS serotype panels were prepared at the same time, aliquoted into individual tubes for each of ten replicates at each concentration, stored frozen, and thawed on the day of ...for GBS screening ...
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Multicenter Study Evaluating Performance of the Smart Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Assay Using an Enrichment Protocol for Detecting GBS Colonization in Patients in the Antepartum Period
... rectal GBS screening cultures be performed during weeks 35 to 37 of gestation for all pregnant women unless they had a history of GBS bacteriuria during the current pregnancy or a previous infant ...
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Comparison of Three Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests and Culture for Detection of Group B Streptococcus from Enrichment Broth
... labor/delivery. GBS infections in neonates can cause severe complica- tions, such as sepsis, meningitis, and ...Fusion GBS, Luminex Aries GBS, and Cepheid Xpert GBS LB assays, to that of the ...
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Streptococcus agalactiae Strains with Chromosomal Deletions Evade Detection with Molecular Methods
... for GBS screening cultures and tested with Xpert GBS ...Four GBS culture-positive Xpert GBS LB-negative samples were ...210 GBS culture-positive Lim broth samples collected ...
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Evaluation of StrepBSelect Chromogenic Medium and the Fast Track Diagnostics Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Real Time PCR Assay Compared to Routine Culture for Detection of GBS during Antepartum Screening
... by screening of near-term pregnant women and treatment at ...Canada. GBS colonization was detected by the standard culture method (Strep B Carrot Broth subcultured to blood agar with a neomycin disk) and ...
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Reliable Detection of Group B Streptococcus in the Clinical Laboratory
... regarding GBS colonization status at the time of ...for GBS prevention (4) recommend antenatal S. agalactiae screening by NAATs only after prior cultural en- richment in selective ...routine ...
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Recommendations for the Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal (GBS) Disease
... antenatal GBS screening; the AAP endorsed these guidelines and published rec- ommendations based on them in the 2003 Red ...early-onset GBS disease in neonates has decreased by an estimated ...2010, ...
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Group B streptococcus and pregnancy : towards an optimal prevention strategy for neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease
... in GBS disease might lead to opportunities for more effective prevention ...of GBS-EOD is needed in order to get tools for future ...to GBS prevention, including strategies to prevent GBS-EOD ...
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Early-Onset Neonatal Sepsis in the Era of Group B Streptococcal Prevention
... set GBS infections in ...early-onset GBS infections could be identified either by detection of GBS carri- ers through collection of rectovaginal cultures at 35 to 37 weeks of gestation or by ...
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Group B streptococcal colonization in mothers and infants in western China: prevalences and risk factors
... of GBS transmission to newborns ...of GBS screening procedures in our in- stitution, we still observed 7 infants with GBS colonization who were born to GBS-negative ...
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Pre-vaginal delivery antibiotic prophylaxis: common practice and controversy
... Streptococcus GBS sporadically colonizes the vagina and rectum of approximately one- quarter of pregnant ...regarding screening and management of GBS among professional ...mandatory screening ...
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Universal antenatal screening for group B streptococcus may cause more harm than good
... Universal GBS screening is a complex area and the current evidence of uncertainty about whether screening would do more good than harm highlights the problem with introducing a new screening ...
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The Role of Grain Boundary Sliding in Microstructural Evolution during Superplastic Deformation of a 7055 Aluminum Alloy
... lized structure consisted of bands of recrystallized grains with a mean size of 11 µm alternating with bands of recovered sub- grains with a mean size of 2 µm. 22) This material was, there- fore, capable for ...
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Molecular Characteristics of Group B Streptococci Isolated from Adults with Invasive Infections in Japan
... Importantly, 9 gPRGBS isolates have presently been detected among those submitted from invasive GBS infection in various regions in Japan. PRGBS was first isolated from the sputum sam- ples of elderly patients in ...
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Group B streptococcal carriage, serotype distribution and antibiotic susceptibilities in pregnant women at the time of delivery in a refugee population on the Thai Myanmar border
... based screening program in the USA ...for GBS in the target population should be ...for GBS prevention is the introduction of a GBS ...of GBS in different geographical areas will be ...
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Synchronous Recurrence of Group B Streptococcal Late-Onset Sepsis in Twins
... derstanding GBS transmission in LOS is important because it would enable the implementation of effective LOS pre- vention ...for GBS late- onset ...same GBS serotype or clone from breast milk as well ...
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Effect of serum inflammatory markers on the prognosis of adult and pediatric patients with Guillain–Barré syndrome
... 68 GBS patients (36 adults, 32 children) who were treated as inpatients at Harran University Faculty of Medicine, Neurology and Pediatric Neurology Depart- ments, between January 2013 and July 2017 and followed ...
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Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of anorectal and vaginal group B Streptococci isolates among pregnant women in Jimma, Ethiopia
... of GBS) with a secondary spread to the genitourinary ...are GBS carriers have the potential to transmit the organ- ism to their newborns ...to GBS, it is important clinically to identify these women ...
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Real Time PCR Assay Provides Reliable Assessment of Intrapartum Carriage of Group B Streptococcus
... of GBS in infants born to women with unknown GBS status at labor ...unknown GBS status ...unknown GBS status at delivery, only 5 were GBS ...unknown GBS status are monitored in ...
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