Instituting CDC Draft Guidelines for Prophylaxis of Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Invasive Disease
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Instituting CDC Draft Guidelines for Prophylaxis of Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Invasive Disease
Prior to the circulation of the CDC draft guidelines and the discussion of these at the Infectious Disease Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology (IDSOG) in 1995, the attending staff at Genesee Hospital followed 5 different protocols for using prophylac-tic antibiotics to prevent group B streptococcal (GBS) disease in the newborn. With a planned education approach for the attending and hospital ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
سال: 1995
ISSN: 1064-7449,1098-0997
DOI: 10.1155/s1064744995000664