Group B streptococcal infections
CDC/AAP/Group B Streptococcal Infections
... We are concerned that our study was not interpreted accu- rately and wish to clarify the issue. The 6 patients who died after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement were at the severe end of the spectrum of ...
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Incidence and Clinical Presentation of Invasive Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Infections in Germany
... tovaginal GBS carriage of pregnant women might be an explanation. Current surveillance data from our hospital (data not published) do not suggest that this should be an important factor, but no national prevalence data ...
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High Incidence of Invasive Group B Streptococcal Infections in HIV-Exposed Uninfected Infants
... The medical charts of all HEU infants who were born between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2008, were re- viewed to identify GBS infection. For comparison of the characteristics of GBS infection in HEU infants with ...
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Strategies for preventing group B streptococcal infections in newborns: a nation-wide survey of Italian policies
... Although we have no information on the total number of blood and CSF cultures collected in neonates, in the current study rates of positive blood cultures were sig- nificantly higher in Central compared to Northern and ...
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Group B Streptococcal Infections in a Northern Region of Italy
... RESULTS. Among 112 933 live births, 56 cases of invasive disease (30 early- and 26 late-onset disease) were observed, giving an annual group B streptococcus disease incidence of 0.50 per 1000 live births. ...
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Streptococcal Submandibular Cellulitis in Young Infants
... The five infants with group B streptococcal infections responded promptly to initial therapy of cefamandole (one patient), gentamicin combined with ampicillin (three patients), or methic[r] ...
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Recent Epidemiology of Group A Streptococcal Infections in North America and Abroad: An Overview
... Epidemiologic analysis of group A streptococcal serotypes associated with severe systemic infections, rheumatic fever, or uncomplicated pharyngitis. Anthony B, Kaplan E, Wannamaker L, Ch[r] ...
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The Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Debate
... neonatal infections acquired in utero will be adequately prevented with SIC, but there will still be occasional cases of GBS EOD attributable to unrecognized or recognized in utero infection or failure to ...
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Severe Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections: A Subject Review
... invasive group A b -hemolytic streptococcal (GABHS) infections is often precipitous, requiring prompt diagnosis and rapid initi- ation of appropriate ...GABHS infections has been ...
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Molecular Epidemiology of Noninvasive and Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in Cape Town
... Tamboura B, Kittang B, Melo-Cristino J, Ramirez M, Straut M, Suvorov A, Totolian A, Engel M, Mayosi B, Whitelaw A, Darenberg J, Normark BH, et ...
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Biofilm in group A streptococcal necrotizing soft tissue infections
... a key gene regulator of M- and M-like proteins; the 2-component system Ihk/Irr, contributing to bacteri- al adaptation in the human host; and Nra/RofA, which are negative and positive regulators of genes in the ...
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Epidemiology of Group A Streptococcal infections in and around Coimbatore
... untreated streptococcal throat infection can act as a predisposing ...reactive B cells can be anergic in the circulating periphery without a co- stimulation from the T ...like B cells can present ...
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Prevention of Early-onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease
... are cost-effective, and the cost of screening for GBS prenatally is no greater than the cost of screening for other neonatal infections. None of the strategies pre- viously analyzed include the reduction of GBS ...
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Group B streptococcus and pregnancy : towards an optimal prevention strategy for neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease
... The Dutch Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the Dutch Society of Pediatrics(10) recommend intrapartum maternal administration of antibiotics in women with intrapartum temperature > 38ºC, in women with GBS ...
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Recommendations for the Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal (GBS) Disease
... The revised 2010 GBS American Acad- emy of Pediatrics guidelines for neona- tal management were designed to broaden the scope to include all neo- nates, to increase the clarity of the rec- ommendations, and to decrease ...
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Long-Term Outcome of Group B Streptococcal Meningitis
... in early infancy.1 The current study was undertaken to provide additional information on expected sur- vival and long-term neurologic, intellectual, behav- ioral, and academic outcome of[r] ...
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Long-term Outcomes of Group B Streptococcal Meningitis
... Term and near-term infants admitted to Texas Children ’ s Hospital or Monroe Carell Jr Children ’ s Hospital from Jan- uary 1998 through December 2006 with the diagnosis of GBS meningitis were identi fi ed through review ...
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Countercurrent Immunoelectrophoresis in Group B Streptococcal Disease
... Seigel JD, McCracken GH Jr: Detection of group B strep- tococcal antigens in body fluids of neonates. Ingram DL, Pendergrass EL, Thullen JD, et al: Time of detection of Group B streptoco[r] ...
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Management of Infants at Risk for Group B Streptococcal Disease
... Group B streptococcal (GBS) infection remains the most common cause of neonatal early-onset sepsis and a signi fi cant cause of late-onset sepsis among young ...
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Assay of antibody to group A streptococcal carbohydrate by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
... This test has been used to measure antibody to the group A carbohydrate ACHO in the serum of patients with group A streptococcal infections and their complications, e.g., nephritis or rh[r] ...
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