Cost and effectiveness of intrapartum group B streptococcus polymerase chain reaction screening for term deliveries

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 822-829

  El Helali, Najoua ^a,b   Giovangrandi, Yves ^a,b   Guyot, Kathleen ^a,b   Chevet, Karine ^a,b   Gutmann, Laurent ^a,b   Durand Zaleski, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; FRANCE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TERM BIRTH; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84859032345     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31824b1461     Document Type: Article

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