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Publications from the CDC about group B strep and other newborn bacterial infections

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease After Universal Screening Recommendations -- United States, 2003-2005. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2007:56(28); 701-705.
    http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5628a1.htm

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Disparities in Universal Prenatal Screening for Group B Streptococcus -- North Carolina, 2002-2003. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2005:54(28); 700-703.
    http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5428a3.htm

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Laboratory Practices for Prenatal Group B Streptococcal Screening -- Seven States, 2003. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2004:53(23); 506-509. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5323a3.htm

  • Baltimore RS, Huie SM, Meek JI, Schuchat A, O'Brien KL. Early-onset neonatal sepsis in the era of group B streptococcal prevention. Pediatrics 2001;108:1094-8.

  • Cardenas V, et al. Barriers to Implementing the Group B Streptococcal Prevention Guidelines. Birth 2002;29(4):285-290.

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Diminishing Racial Disparities in Early-Onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease- United States, 2000-2003. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2004;53(23); 502-505.
    http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5323a2.htm

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal disease: Revised guidelines from CDC. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2002;51 (RR-11):1-22

  • Hyde TB, Hilger TM, Reingold A, Farley MM, O'Brien KL, Schuchat A. Trends in incidence and antimicrobial resistance of early-onset sepsis: Population-based surveillance in San Francisco and Atlanta. Pediatrics 2002;110:690-695.

  • Schrag SJ, Zell ER, Lynfield R, et al. A population-based comparison of strategies to prevent early-onset group B streptococcal disease in neonates. New England Journal of Medicine 2002;347:233-9.

  • Schuchat A, Roome A, Zell E, Linardos H, Zywicki S, O'Brien KL. Integrated monitoring of a new group B streptococcal disease prevention program and other perinatal infections. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2002;6:107-14.

 

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