Prevalence of early neonatal sepsis and positive maternal culture for group B beta-hemolytic Streptococcus.
Cecília Gomes Cunha SilvaMaria Júlia Arantes LeobasAndressa Paes Medeiros de FreitasJúlia Teoro MansanoJaider Antonio Vidigal RodriguesAntonio Fernandes MoronAlberto Borges PeixotoPublished in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2024)
The prevalence of a positive culture for group B beta-hemolytic Streptococcus was high. However, the prevalence of early neonatal sepsis was low in pregnant women with both positive and negative group B beta-hemolytic Streptococcus cultures and in pregnant women with a positive culture who underwent both adequate and inadequate antibiotic prophylaxis. Prematurity proved to be an independent predictor of early neonatal sepsis, considering the entire study population.