Preventing Early-onset Group B Streptococcal Sepsis: Strategy Development Using Decision Analysis
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Preventing early-onset group B streptococcal sepsis: strategy development using decision analysis.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate recommended strategies for prevention of early-onset group B streptococcal infections (EOGBS) with reference to strategies optimized using decision analysis. METHODS The EOGBS attack rate, prevalence and odds ratios for risk factors, and expected effects of prophylaxis were estimated from published data. Population subgroups were defined by gestational age, presence or a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatrics
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.103.6.e76