Infections of GBS's etiology and use of perinatal antibiotic prophylaxis

Introduction: A significant decline in the proportion of perinatal mortality of foetuses and newborns have been reported in recent years. Despite the tremendous progress made in the field of perinatal care, there is still a risk of infection of the foetus during pregnancy or its birth. Objective: Th...

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Published in:Journal of pre-clinical and clinical research 2018-07, Vol.12 (2), p.54-58
Main Authors: Szymański, Sławomir, Szczerba, Katarzyna, Konstanty- Kurkiewicz, Violetta, Daszkiewicz, Agata, Sipak- Szmigiel, Olimpia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Disease prevention
Infections
Newborn babies
Pregnancy
Streptococcus infections
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Summary:Introduction: A significant decline in the proportion of perinatal mortality of foetuses and newborns have been reported in recent years. Despite the tremendous progress made in the field of perinatal care, there is still a risk of infection of the foetus during pregnancy or its birth. Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of an antibiotic prophylaxis in order to reduce perinatal percentage of early-symptomatic infections in newborn infants. Material and methods: Material for the study was obtained from the medical records of 1,328 live born individual infants and their mothers. Tested continuous parameters were described with the appropriate numbers, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, median and minimum and maximum values. For analysis of fractions the Chi square was used; also with Yates correction (for a small number of cells). Level of statistical significance – p
ISSN:1898-2395
1898-7516
DOI:10.26444/jpccr/92278