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10. Reference Texts and Articles
If you have been unable to obtain the previous references online, then try these paper-based materials.
Reference texts
1. Obstetrics:
Normal and Problem Pregnancies,
4th Edition. Gabbe SG, Neibyl JR, Simpson
JL (Eds.). Maternal and Perinatal Infection, Chapter 40. Churchill Livingstone,
New York, 2002. Pages 1313-4. (Level III)
2. Williams
Obstetrics. Infections, 21st Edition.
Cunningham GF, et al (Eds.) Section
12, No. 56, pp. 1471-3. McGraw-Hill, 2001. (Level III)
3. ACOG
Committee Opinion: number 279, December 2002. Prevention of early-onset group
B streptococcal disease in newborns. Obstet Gynecol 2002 Dec;100(6):1405-12
(Level III)
Article References
CDC. Prevention
of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease Revised Guidelines MMWR 2002;
51 (RR 11): 1-22. (Level III)
CDC. Prevention
of perinatal group B streptococcal disease: a public health perspective. MMWR
1996; 45[RR-7]:1—24 (Level III)
Lin
FY, Brenner RA, Johnson YR, Azimi PH, Philips JB 3rd, Regan JA, Clark P, Weisman
LE, Rhoads GG, Kong F, Clemens JD. The effectiveness of risk-based intrapartum
chemoprophylaxis for the prevention of early-onset neonatal group B streptococcal
disease. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2001 May;184(6):1204-10 (Level II-2)
Schrag
SJ, Zell ER, Lynfield R, Roome A, Arnold KE, Craig AS, Harrison LH, Reingold
A, Stefonek K, Smith G, Gamble M, Schuchat A; Active Bacterial Core Surveillance
Team. A population-based comparison of strategies to prevent early-onset group
B streptococcal disease in neonates. N Engl J Med 2002 Jul 25;347(4):233-9 (Level
II-2)
Stoll
BJ, Hansen N, Fanaroff AA, Wright LL, Carlo WA, Ehrenkranz RA, Lemons JA, Donovan
EF, Stark AR, Tyson JE, Oh W, Bauer CR, Korones SB, Shankaran S, Laptook AR,
Stevenson DK, Papile LA, Poole WK.Changes in pathogens causing early-onset
sepsis in very-low-birth-weight infants. N Engl J Med 2002 Jul 25;347(4):240-7
(Level II-2)
Yancey
MK, Schuchat A, Brown LK, Ventura VL, Markenson GR.The accuracy of late antenatal
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