title: A history of neonatal group B streptococcus with its related morbidity and mortality rates in the United States.
abstract: The history of neonatal sepsis related to early onset group B streptococcus (GBS) emerged in the early 1970s. The neonatal mortality rate was 55% for those neonates with invasive GBS disease. The first adopted guidelines by the medical community to prevent early onset GBS were developed in the 1990s. One year after implementation of the guidelines, the mortality rate dropped to approximately 5%. Despite the great accomplishments in reducing the mortality rate, GBS remains the number one cause of infant morbidity and mortality in the United States.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Clemson University, Clemenson, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Peggy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dermer
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eggert
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Few
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D019091:Critical Pathways; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control; D015997:Neonatal Screening / Q000451:nursing; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology