Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease

Robert S. Howe; Tomasz H. Voychehovski; Faheem Uraizee; Christopher Bentsen; Michael L. Spear; Howard Minkoff; Philip Mead; Kenneth M. Boyer; Samuel P. Gotoff

doi:10.1056/NEJM198704303161818

Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease

Robert S. Howe
, Tomasz H. Voychehovski
, Faheem Uraizee
, Christopher Bentsen
, Michael L. Spear
, Howard Minkoff
, Philip Mead
, Kenneth M. Boyer
, Samuel P. Gotoff

Obstetrics / Gynecology

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

University of Pennsylvania
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
SUNY Upstate Medical University
DuPont
Medical Center of Delaware
University of Vermont
Rush University Medical Center

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To the Editor: Boyer and Gotoff (June 26 issue)¹ have shown the value of prophylactic ampicillin to prevent early-onset neonatal group B streptococcal sepsis. They suggest latex-agglutination assays as a way to identify fetuses at risk.² ³ ⁴ ⁵ In a prospective study of 162 infants born alive and their mothers, we examined the ability of six laboratory tests to predict the onset of group B streptococcal sepsis. All infants weighed more than 500 g and were at high risk for streptococcal sepsis as a result of prolonged membrane rupture, prematurity, a positive maternal cervical culture, intrapartum fever, a five-minute Apgar score below…

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1163-1164
Number of pages	2
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	316
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198704303161818
State	Published - Apr 30 1987

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Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease

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