Antibiotic susceptibility profile of group B streptococcus acquired vertically

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 931-934

  Rouse, Dwight J ^a   Andrews, William W ^a   Lin, Feng Ying C ^a   Mott, Cynthia W ^a   Ware, Janice C ^a   Philips III, Joseph B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0032400992     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00263-4     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Prevention of early-onset group G streptococcal disease in newborns. ACOG committee opinion no. 173. Washington DC: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 1996.
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal disease: A public health perspective. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1996;45(RR-7):1-24.
3. Berkowitz K., Regan J.A., Greenberg E. Antibiotic resistance patterns of group B streptococci in pregnant women. J Clin Microbiol. 8:1990;5-7.
4. Betriu C., Gomez M., Sanchez A., Cruceyra A., Romero J., Picazo J.J. Antibiotic resistance and penicillin tolerance in clinical isolates of group B streptococci. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 38:1994;2183-2186.
5. Arora A., Jindal N., Walia G., Gulati V.L. Presumptive identification and antibiotic susceptibility of group B streptococci. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 38:1994;185-190.
6. Christie R., Atkins N.E., Munch-Peterson E. A note on lytic phenomenon shown by group B streptococci. Aust J Exp Biol Med Sci. 22:1944;197-200.
7. National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. Performance standards for antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Eighth informational supplement, vol 18, no. 1. Wayne, Pennsylvania: National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards, 1998.
8. Nau H. Clinical pharmacokinetics in pregnancy and perinatology II. Penicillins . Dev Pharmacol Ther. 10:1987;174-198.
9. Wasz-Hockert O., Nummi S., Vuopala S., Jarvinen P.A. Transplacental passage of azidocillin, ampicillin and penicillin G during early and late pregnancy. Scand J Infect Dis. 2:1970;125-130.
10. Philipson A., Sabath L.D., Charles D. Transplacental passage of erythromycin and clindamycin. N Engl J Med. 288:1973;1219-1221.