Group B Streptococcus real-time PCR may potentially reduce intrapartum maternal antibiotic treatment.

Nir KugelmanShiran KleifeldPninit Shaked-MishanWisam AssafInbal MaromNadav CohenMaya GruberOfer LavieDan WaismanReuven KedarMordehai BardicefAmit Damti

Published in: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology (2021)

Compared with antepartum universal culture screening or intrapartum risk-factor assessment, the need for maternal antibiotic treatment may be substantially reduced by implementation of intrapartum GBS real-time PCR, without compromising the sensitivity of GBS detection.

Keyphrases

real time pcr
primary care
risk factors
birth weight
pregnant women
combination therapy
staphylococcus aureus
candida albicans
body mass index
replacement therapy
gestational age
loop mediated isothermal amplification
smoking cessation