A Population-Based Comparison of Strategies to Prevent Early-Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease in Neonates
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- 25 July 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 347 (4), 233-239
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa020205
Abstract
Guidelines issued in 1996 in the United States recommend either screening of pregnant women for group B streptococcal colonization by means of cultures (screening approach) or assessing clinical risk factors (risk-based approach) to identify candidates for intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis.Keywords
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