title: Universal screening vs. risk-based strategy for prevention of early-onset neonatal Group-B streptococcal disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the difference between universal screening and risk-based strategies in the prevention of early-onset Group-B streptococcal (EOGBS) disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cases of EOGBS disease from 2003 to 2009 were identified by a search of the microbiology laboratory's computerized database.
  
  
  METHODS
  Maternal screening for Group-B Streptococci was done for all pregnant women by taking rectovaginal swabs and urine culture at 35-37 weeks of gestation and for all high-risk cases at the time of presentation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From 2003 to 2009, a total of 87,260 live births were recorded, 1948 neonates were very low-birth weight. We reviewed labor and delivery records for 1268 live births randomly sampled from total live births. Forty-five cases of EOGBS disease were identified during the period of study (overall incidence of 0.51 cases per 1000 live births).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Egypt. dr_mohamed318@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdelmaaboud
authors.forename: Abdelbaset Fakhry
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Mohammed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008403:Mass Screening; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*