Epidemiology of neonatal group B streptococcal disease in the Netherlands before and after introduction of guidelines for prevention.
- Trijbels-Smeulders, M.J.A.M.
- Jonge, G.A. de
- Pasker-de Jong, P.C.M.
- Gerards, L.J.
- Adriaanse, A.H.
- Lingen, R.A. van
- Kollee, L.A.A.
DOIAbstract
Contains fulltext : 52017.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)OBJECTIVES: (1) To describe the epidemiology of neonatal group B streptococcal (GBS) disease over five years (1997-2001) in the Netherlands, stratified for proven and probable sepsis and for very early (<12 h), late early (12 h - <7 days) and late (7-90 days) onset sepsis. (2) To evaluate the effect of the introduction in January 1999 of guidelines for prevention of early onset GBS disease based on risk factors. METHODS: Data on cases were collected in collaboration with the Dutch Paediatric Surveillance Unit and corrected for under-reporting by the capture-recapture technique. RESULTS: Total incidence of proven very early onset, late early onset and late ...
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