Evaluation of neonatal sepsis screening in a tropical area. Part I: Major risk factors for bacterial carriage at birth in Guadeloupe
West Indian med. j
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49(4): 312-315, Dec. 2000.
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This prospective study reports on screening for neonatal sepsis among 3,372 live births out of 6,060 consecutive deliveries at the University Hospital of Pointe-Ó-Pitre, Guadeloupe, during a 30-month period. Group B Streptococcus (GBS) was the most common pathogen, representing 46 (89/194) of positive blood cultures and 52 (335/637) of positive gastric aspirates. Although only 3,372 (55) of all live births were screened, 637 (10) had gastric bacterial carriage at birth; of those, 335 (5.5) involved GBS. Similarly, there were 194 (3.2) positive blood cultures, of which 89 (1.5) involved GBS. In this report, all newborns who presented with a positive GBS blood culture had at least one of the external tests positive for GBS (gastric, ear canal, rectum and placenta). Thirty-seven per cent (14/38) of positive neonatal blood cultures occurred in newborns with foetid liquor while in deliveries with intrapartum fever 16.5 (32/195) of blood cultures were positive. In our clinical practice, characteristics that were evident in the delivery room (without knowledge of prenatal follow-up) such as foetid liquor, intrapartum fever, prolonged rupture of membranes, foetal tachycardia and meconium staining were associated with the great majority of neonatal sepsis.
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Main subject:
Sepsis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
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Screening study
Limits:
Humans
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Infant, Newborn
Country/Region as subject:
Caribbean
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Guadeloupe
Language:
English
Journal:
West Indian med. j
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2000
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Institution/Affiliation country:
Medical University of South Carolina/US
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