American Society for Microbiology provides 2020 Guidelines for Detection and Identification of Group B Streptococcus

Authors

Laura Filkins
Jocelyn R. Hauser
Barbara Robinson-Dunn
Robert J. Tibbetts, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Bobby L. Boyanton
Paula Revell

Recommended Citation

Filkins L, Hauser JR, Robinson-Dunn B, Tibbetts R, Boyanton BL, Jr., and Revell P. American Society for Microbiology provides 2020 Guidelines for Detection and Identification of Group B Streptococcus. J Clin Microbiol 2020.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-28-2020

Publication Title

Journal of clinical microbiology

Abstract

Maternal colonization with Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a primary risk factor for early-onset disease (EOD) GBS infection in infants and intrapartum prophylaxis reduces neonatal infection.

PubMed ID

33115849

ePublication

ePub ahead of print