title: Group B streptococcus. Is it time for a screening program?
abstract: Group B streptococcal infection often causes perinatal sepsis. Early diagnosis is based on a high index of suspicion and laboratory tests. Proposed interventions targeted at the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods have met with limited success. Screening has not been widely adopted.
authors.affiliation: St Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton, Ont.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Paes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D012985:Software Design; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology