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Group B streptococcal infections

Australia

• Women & Newborn Health Service - Western Australia
  • Labour and Birth Suite Quick Reference Guide to Group B Streptococcal Disease [2007]
  • Group B Streptococcal Disease [2007]

Australia, New Zealand

• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Swabbing for Group B Streptococcus [2007]

Canada

• British Columbia Perinatal Health Program
  • Group B Streptococcus in the Perinatal Period [2003]

• Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
  • Prevention of early-onset group B streptococcal (GBS) infection in the newborn [2002]

• 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 [2009]
  • Intrapartum antibiotics for Group B streptococcal colonisation [2009]
  • Intramuscular penicillin for the prevention of early onset group B streptococcal infection in newborn infants [2009]

New Zealand

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

• New Zealand Medical Journal
  • The prevention of early-onset neonatal group B streptococcus infection: technical report from the New Zealand GBS Consensus Working Party [2004]

United Kingdom

• Health Protection Agency
  • Group B Streptococcal Infections [Collection of guidelines]

• 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
  • Prevention of Early Onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease [2003]

• UK National Screening Committee
  • Streptococcus B screening [2006]

United States of America

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Revised Guidelines for Prevention of Early-onset Group B Streptococcal (GBS) Infection [1997]

• CDC Group B Strep
  • CDC Group B Strep [Collection of guidelines]

• CDC Infection Control in Healthcare Settings
  • Disparities in Universal Prenatal Screening for Group B Streptococcus --- North Carolina, 2002--2003 [2005]
  • Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease [2002]

• 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]

Articles in journals

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

• Archives of Disease in Childhood
  • Epidemiology of neonatal group B streptococcal disease in the Netherlands before and after introduction of guidelines for prevention [2007]
  • Neonatal group B streptococcal infection in South Bedfordshire, 1993-1998 [2000]
  • Prevention of early onset group B streptococcal infection: screen, treat, or observe? [1998]

• British Medical Journal
  • Risk factors for early onset neonatal group B streptococcal sepsis: case-control study [2002]

• Canadian Family Physician
  • Epidemiology of early-onset neonatalgroup B streptococcal infection [2007]

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

• 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]
  • Prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal disease: screening practice in public hospitals in Victoria [2000]

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

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