Trends in Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease — United States, 2000–2006

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a leading infectious cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality in the United States. The bacterium, a common colonizer of the maternal genital tract, can infect the fetus during gestation, causing fetal death. GBS also can be acquired by the fetus during passage throug...

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2009-02, Vol.58 (5), p.109-112
Main Authors: Apostol, M, Gershman, K, Petit, S, Arnold, K, Harrison, L, Lynfield, R, Morin, C, Baumbach, J, Zansky, S, Thomas, A, Schaffner, W, Schrag, S.J, Zell, E.R, Lewis, M.M, Muhammad, R.D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age of Onset
Black or African American
Black People
Coccidioidomycosis
Demographic aspects
Diagnosis
Disease incidence rates
Epidemiology
Female
Gestational Age
Humans
Incidence
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infants
Infections
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Mass Screening
Notifiable diseases
Population Surveillance
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - diagnosis
Preventive medicine
Public health
Streptococcal Infections - epidemiology
Streptococcal Infections - ethnology
Streptococcal Infections - transmission
Streptococcus agalactiae
Surveillance
United States - epidemiology
Vivipary
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Summary:Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a leading infectious cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality in the United States. The bacterium, a common colonizer of the maternal genital tract, can infect the fetus during gestation, causing fetal death. GBS also can be acquired by the fetus during passage through the birth canal or after delivery. Infection commonly manifests as meningitis, pneumonia, or sepsis. In 2002, CDC, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the American Academy of Pediatrics issued revised guidelines for prevention of early-onset GBS disease (i.e., in infants aged
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X
1545-861X