Early-onset neonatal sepsis and the implementation of group B streptococcus prophylaxis in a Brazilian maternity hospital: a descriptive study
Braz. j. infect. dis
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21(1): 92-97, Jan.-Feb. 2017. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
Abstract Objectives:
To describe early-onset neonatal sepsis (EOS) epidemiology in a public maternity hospital in Brasilia, Brazil.Methods:
We defined EOS as a positive blood culture result obtained from infants aged ≤72 hours of life plus treatment with antibiotic therapy for ≥5 days. Incidence was calculated based on the number of cases and total live births (LB). This is a descriptive study comparing the period of 2012-2013 with the period of 2014-September 2015, before and after implementation of antibiotic prophylaxis during labor for group B streptococcus (GBS) prevention, respectively.Results:
Overall, 36 infants developed EOS among 21,219 LB (1.7 cases per 1000 LB) and 16 died (case fatality rate of 44%). From 2014, 305 vaginal-rectal swabs were collected from high-risk women and 74 (24%) turned out positive for GBS. After implementation of GBS prevention guidelines, no new cases of GBS were detected, and the EOS incidence was reduced from 1.9 (95% CI 1.3-2.8) to 1.3 (95% CI 0.7-2.3) cases per 1000 LB from 2012-2013 to 2014-September 2015 (p = 0.32).Conclusions:
Although the reduction of EOS incidence was not significant, GBS colonization among pregnant women was high, no cases of neonatal GBS have occurred after implementation of prevention guidelines.
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Main subject:
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
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Streptococcal Infections
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Antibiotic Prophylaxis
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Neonatal Sepsis
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Practice guideline
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Incidence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Secretaria de Estado de Saúde do Distrito Federal/BR
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Universidade de Brasília/BR
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