Perinatologist Corner - C.E.U/C.M.E. Modules
Group B Streptococcal Disease in the Perinatal Period
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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)
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SJ, Zell ER, Lynfield R, Roome A, Arnold KE, Craig AS, Harrison LH, Reingold
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BJ, Hansen N, Fanaroff AA, Wright LL, Carlo WA, Ehrenkranz RA, Lemons JA, Donovan
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MK, Schuchat A, Brown LK, Ventura VL, Markenson GR.The accuracy of late antenatal
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