Intrapartum GBS screening and antibiotic prophylaxis: a European consensus conference

Intrapartum polymerase chain reaction for detection of group B streptococcus colonisation

(2013) Ibrahim A. Abdelazim   AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY

Prevención de la infección perinatal por estreptococo del grupo B. Recomendaciones españolas. Actualización 2012. Documento de consenso SEIMC/SEGO/SEN/SEQ/SEMFYC

(2013) Juan Ignacio Alós Cortés et al.   ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA

Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert GBS Assay for Rapid Detection of Group B Streptococci in Amniotic Fluids from Pregnant Women with Premature Rupture of Membranes

(2013) N. Bourgeois-Nicolaos et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Limitations of the risk factor based approach in early neonatal sepsis evaluations

(2012) Orna Flidel-Rimon et al.   ACTA PAEDIATRICA

Are infants born by elective cesarean delivery without labor at risk for developing immune disorders later in life?

(2012) Roberto Romero et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Capsular Switching in Group B Streptococcus CC17 Hypervirulent Clone: A Future Challenge for Polysaccharide Vaccine Development

(2012) S. Bellais et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Group B streptococcal disease in infants aged younger than 3 months: systematic review and meta-analysis

(2012) Karen M Edmond et al.   LANCET

Cost and Effectiveness of Intrapartum Group B Streptococcus Polymerase Chain Reaction Screening for Term Deliveries

(2012) Najoua El Helali et al.   OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Usefulness of a Rapid Real-time PCR Assay in Prenatal Screening for Group B Streptococcus Colonization

(2012) Jeong Su Park et al.   Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Evaluation of a rapid, real-time intrapartum group B streptococcus assay

(2011) Brett C. Young et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

High Rates of Perinatal Group B Streptococcus Clindamycin and Erythromycin Resistance in an Upstate New York Hospital

(2011) Ephraim E. Back et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Invasive group B streptococcal infections in adults, France (2007–2010)

(2011) A. Tazi et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Evaluation of the Xpert® group B streptococcus real-time polymerase chain reaction assay compared to StrepB Carrot Broth™ for the rapid intrapartum detection of group B streptococcus colonization

(2011) Deirdre Leigh Church et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Rapid detection of “highly virulent” Group B Streptococcus ST-17 and emerging ST-1 clones by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

(2011) Marie-Frédérique Lartigue et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Assessment of Intrapartum Antibiotic Prophylaxis for the Prevention of Early-onset Group B Streptococcal Disease

(2011) Feng-Ying C. Lin et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Myth: Group B streptococcal infection in pregnancy: Comprehended and conquered

(2011) P.J. Steer et al.   Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

The Accuracy of Late Third-Trimester Antenatal Screening for Group B Streptococcus in Predicting Colonization at Delivery

(2010) Craig Towers et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY

Intrapartum tests for group B streptococcus: accuracy and acceptability of screening

(2010) JP Daniels et al.   BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

Cost-effectiveness of rapid tests and other existing strategies for screening and management of early-onset group B streptococcus during labour

(2010) B Kaambwa et al.   BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

Intrapartum Group B streptococcus detection by rapid polymerase chain reaction assay for the prevention of neonatal sepsis

(2010) B. Martinez de Tejada et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Group B Streptococcal Disease in Infants: Progress in Prevention and Continued Challenges

(2010) Jennifer R. Verani et al.   CLINICS IN PERINATOLOGY

Antimicrobial resistance in colonizing group B Streptococci before the implementation of a Swedish intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis program

(2010) M. Granlund et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Comparison of Copan eSwab with the Copan Venturi Transystem for the quantitative survival of Escherichia coli, Streptococcus agalactiae and Candida albicans

(2010) S. Nys et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Real-Time PCR Assay Provides Reliable Assessment of Intrapartum Carriage of Group B Streptococcus

(2010) M. J. Alfa et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Changing Molecular Epidemiology of Group B Streptococcus in Korea

(2010) Yong Soo Seo et al.   JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE

Efficacy of intrapartum chemoprophylaxis less than 4 hours duration

(2010) Alberto Berardi et al.   Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

Duration of Intrapartum Prophylaxis and Concentration of Penicillin G in Fetal Serum at Delivery

(2010) Emma L. Barber et al.   OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Rapid Group B Streptococci Screening Using a Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay

(2010) Rodney K. Edwards et al.   OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Emergence and Global Dissemination of Host-Specific Streptococcus agalactiae Clones

(2010) U. B. S. Sorensen et al.   mBio

Diagnostic Accuracy of a Rapid Real‐Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Universal Intrapartum Group B Streptococcus Screening

(2009) Najoua El Helali et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Increasing Burden of Invasive Group B Streptococcal Disease in Nonpregnant Adults, 1990–2007

(2009) Tami H. Skoff et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Molecular and phenotypic characterization of invasive group B streptococcus strains from infants in Norway 2006–2007

(2009) H. Bergseng et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Timing of Group B Streptococcus Screening in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review

(2009) Arijaan W. Valkenburg-van den Berg et al.   GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC INVESTIGATION

Multilocus Sequence Types Associated with Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Sepsis and Meningitis in Canada

(2009) S. D. Manning et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Chlorhexidine maternal-vaginal and neonate body wipes in sepsis and vertical transmission of pathogenic bacteria in South Africa: a randomised, controlled trial

(2009) Clare L Cutland et al.   LANCET

Prevalence and Mechanisms of Erythromycin Resistance in Streptococcus agalactiae from Healthy Pregnant Women

(2009) Sandra Pinheiro et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Evaluation of Universal Antenatal Screening for Group B Streptococcus

(2009) Melissa K. Van Dyke et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Cefazolin pharmacokinetics in maternal plasma and amniotic fluid during pregnancy

(2008) Karel Allegaert et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Point Mutation in the Group B Streptococcal pbp2x Gene Conferring Decreased Susceptibility to  -Lactam Antibiotics

(2008) S. Dahesh et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

First Molecular Characterization of Group B Streptococci with Reduced Penicillin Susceptibility

(2008) K. Kimura et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Comparison of BD GeneOhm real-time polymerase chain reaction with chromogenic and conventional culture methods for detection of group B Streptococcus in clinical samples

(2008) Dawn Smith et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Epidemiology of Invasive Group B Streptococcal Disease in the United States, 1999-2005

(2008) Christina R. Phares   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Molecular characterization of erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus agalactiae strains

(2008) A.-S. Domelier et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Detection of Group B Streptococci in Lim Broth by Use of Group B Streptococcus Peptide Nucleic Acid Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization and Selective and Nonselective Agars

(2008) N. S. Montague et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Preventing Bacterial Infections with Pilus-Based Vaccines: the Group B Streptococcus Paradigm

(2008) Immaculada Margarit et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Continued early onset group B streptococcal infections in the era of intrapartum prophylaxis

(2008) L S Pulver et al.   Journal of Perinatology

Childhood outcomes after prescription of antibiotics to pregnant women with spontaneous preterm labour: 7-year follow-up of the ORACLE II trial

(2008) S Kenyon et al.   LANCET

The Prevalence of Erythromycin Resistance in Group B Streptococcal Isolates at a University Hospital in Taiwan

(2008) Rajendra Prasad Janapatla et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Revisiting the Need for Vaccine Prevention of Late-Onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease

(2008) Hannah T. Jordan et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Group B streptococcal carriage in Sweden: a national study on risk factors for mother and infant colonisation

(2007) Stellan Håkansson et al.   ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA