Efficacy of a strategy to prevent neonatal early-onset group B streptococcal (GBS) sepsis

Renner, Regina M; Renner, A; Schmid, Seraina; Hoesli, Irene; Nars, Per; Holzgreve, Wolfgang; Surbek, Daniel V (2006). Efficacy of a strategy to prevent neonatal early-onset group B streptococcal (GBS) sepsis. Journal of perinatal medicine, 34(1), pp. 32-8. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter 10.1515/JPM.2006.005

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BACKGROUND: Existing guidelines recommend different strategies to prevent early-onset neonatal GBS sepsis. In 1997, using our own data on incidence and risk factors, we established a new prevention strategy which includes GBS screening at 36 weeks' gestation and intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) in women with positive or unknown GBS colonization with at least one risk factor. The present study evaluates the efficacy of the new prevention strategy. METHODS: Retrospective study of the incidence of early-onset GBS sepsis among all live births at the University Women's Hospital Basel between 1997 and 2002. Additional analysis of delivery and post partum period of all GBS sepsis cases, including GBS screening, risk factors during labor (prematurity, rupture of membranes (ROM) <12 h, intrapartum signs of infection), and IAP. Comparison of this group's characteristics G2 (9,385 live births, using the new strategy) with the previous group, G1 (1984-1993, 16,126 live births, without GBS screening or routine IAP) was performed. RESULTS: The incidence of early-onset GBS sepsis was reduced from 1/1000 (G1) to 0.53/1000 (G2). We observed a significant reduction of overall intrapartum risk factors in cases of GBS sepsis. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that our new prevention strategy is effective in reducing the incidence of early-onset GBS sepsis in neonates. In comparison, implementation of the CDC's prevention strategy might have prevented 2 additional cases in 9385 live births. However, this would have required treating a much larger number of pregnant women with IAP with consequential increasing costs, side effects and complications.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Gynaecology

UniBE Contributor:

Surbek, Daniel

ISSN:

0300-5577

ISBN:

16489884

Publisher:

Walter de Gruyter

Language:

English

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 14:52

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:16

Publisher DOI:

10.1515/JPM.2006.005

PubMed ID:

16489884

Web of Science ID:

000235082100005

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.21845

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/21845 (FactScience: 16075)

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