How best to manage the patient in term labor whose group B strep status is unknown?

dc.contributor.author	Brooke, Shannon	eng
dc.contributor.author	Whitworth, James D.	eng
dc.contributor.author	Calabretta, Nancy	eng
dc.date.issued	2009	eng
dc.description.abstract	Monitor the patient and treat her with intrapartum chemoprophylaxis based on identified risk factors, unless a rapid, highly sensitive (greater than or equal to 85%) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test is immediately available to evaluate for group B Streptococcus (GBS) (strength of recommendation: B, inconsistent or limited quality evidence).	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/3879	eng
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Clinical Inquiries, 2009 (MU)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri-Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of family practice, 58, no. 01 (January 2009): 42-43.	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.subject	neo-natal bacteremia	eng
dc.subject	antibiotic prophylaxis	eng
dc.subject	chlorhexidine	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Streptococcus agalactiae	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Communicable diseases in pregnancy -- Treatment	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Pregnancy -- Complications	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Chlorhexidine -- Effectiveness	eng
dc.title	How best to manage the patient in term labor whose group B strep status is unknown?	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

Clinical Inquiries, 2009
The items in this collection constitute volume 58 of Clinical Inquiries.