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Group B streptococcal infections

Canada

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • The prevention of early-onset neonatal group B streptococcal disease [2004]

International

• Cochrane Library
  • Vaginal chlorhexidine during labour to prevent early-onset neonatal group B streptococcal infection
  • Intramuscular penicillin for the prevention of early onset group B streptococcal infection in newborn infants

New Zealand

• New Zealand College of Midwives
  • Group B Streptococcus (GBS) [2004]

United Kingdom

• Health Protection Agency
  • Group B Streptococcal Infections

• Health Technology Assessment
  • Prenatal screening and treatment strategies to prevent group B streptococcal and other bacterial infections in early infancy [2007]

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Group B strep and water birth - query bank [2011]
  • Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for GBS in a prior pregnancy - query bank [2010]
  • Prevention of Early Onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease [2003]

United States of America

• CDC Group B Strep
  • CDC Group B Strep

• CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
  • Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease [2010]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Laboratory Practices for Prenatal Group B Streptococcal Screening --- Seven States, 2003 [2004]
  • Diminishing Racial Disparities in Early-Onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease --- United States, 2000--2003 [2004]
  • Hospital-Based Policies for Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease --- United States, 1999 [2000]
  • Adoption of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease Prevention Recommendations by Prenatal-Care Providers --- Connecticut and Minnesota, 1998 [2000]

• Minnesota Department of Health
  • Group B streptococcus (GBS)

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal disease. Revised guidelines from CDC, 2010 [2010]

Articles in journals

• American Family Physician
  • Prevention of Group B Streptococcal Disease in the Newborn [2005]

• Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • Physicians' prevention practices and incidence of neonatal group B streptococcal disease in 2 Canadian regions [2001]

• Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine
  • Recent advances in understanding the molecular basis of group B Streptococcus virulence [2008]

• Future Microbiology
  • Understanding the regulation of Group B Streptococcal virulence factors [2009]

• Human Vaccines
  • Group B streptococcal conjugate vaccine: a timely concept for which the time has come [2008]

• Indian Journal of Medical Research
  • Neonatal & maternal group B streptococcal infections: a comprehensive review [2004]

• Infection and Immunity
  • Interaction of Neonatal Phagocytes with Group B Streptococcus: Recognition and Response [2006]

• Medical Journal of Australia
  • Preventing perinatal group B streptococcal infection: the jury is still out [2003]

• Pediatric Clinics of North America
  • Group B Streptococcus and Early-Onset Sepsis in the Era of Maternal Prophylaxis [2009]

• Pediatrics
  • Rapid Tests for Group B Streptococcus Colonization in Laboring Women: A Systematic Review [2006]

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