group b streptococci (gbs) or streptococcus agalactiae are members of the normal flora of the female genital tract. gbs normally colonizes the vagina in many women asymptomatically. during labor this organism may infect the newborn, leading to neonatal sepsis and meningitis. this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of group b streptococcus in pregnant women by a rapid and easy culture met...

Background. Ninety-percent of perinatal hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection results in chronic HBV which usually is asymptomatic, but carries a 25% risk of premature death from progressive liver injury, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. In 1990, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded the Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program (PHBPP) to accelerate elimination of perinatal HBV tr...

Human CMV infection, the most common virus infection of the fetus and neonate, can occur in utero as "congenital infection" or during the first weeks of life as "perinatal infection." Congenital infection presents either as clinically apparent or as silent infection. Perinatal CMV infection is a common form of CMV acquisition and produces minimal, if any, disease in the full-term infant. The re...

A case of vertical transmission of dengue infection in the perinatal period is reported. The mother, a term pregnancy, had acute dengue the day before admission. The infant was born at term and developed fever on the fifth day of life which lasted for 5 days. No bleeding or plasma leakage was detected during the course of fever in infant or mother. A liver function test showed elevated SGOT and...

Objectives.\p=m-\Toassess health care providers' identification of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)\p=m-\exposedinfants, to ascertain the prevalence of transplacental or oral zidovudine treatment among infants exposed to HIV, and to estimate the impact of zidovudine use on perinatal transmission in rural and urban North Carolina. Design.\p=m-\Surveyof North Carolina newborns tested for HIV in...

Blueberry muffin rash is a characteristic multiple bluish skin nodules associated with perinatal infection, severe and chronic anemia, and neoplastic infiltrative diseases. We present an unusually severe case of hemolytic disease of the newborn. He required exchange transfusions for several times. The complete work up led to the diagnosis of anti-Cw. The skin lesion regressed spontaneously with...

Aim. To improve epidemiological surveillance in the neonatal intensive care unit. Materials and Methods. We retrospectively examine case histories of 646 newborns delivered Tyumen Perinatal Center admitted to unit (310 with intrauterine infection 336 without infection). Predictors (odds ratio 95% confidence interval) were determined by means multivariate analysis logistic regression analysis. R...

Objective To determine perinatal and pregnancy outcomes of Acinetobacter baumannii infection using clinicopathologic material from pregnant women, neonates, and perinatal postmortem examinations with positive cultures. Study Design This is a retrospective record review with placental and postmortem examination. Results During a 5-year period, 40 positive cultures were found. Three pregnancies w...