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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Management of the neonate at risk for early-onset group B streptococcal disease (GBS EOD): New paediatric guidelines in Belgium
Acta Clinica Belgica: International Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Volume 69, No. 5, Year 2014
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Despite group B streptococcal (GBS) screening in late pregnancy and intrapartum antimicrobial prophylaxis, early-onset sepsis in neonates remains a common source of neonatal morbidity and mortality especially in preterm neonates. The identification of neonates with early-onset sepsis is usually based on perinatal risk factors. Clinical signs are aspecific and laboratory tests are not sensitive. Therefore, many clinicians will overtreat at-risk infants. Inappropriate treatment with antibiotics increases the risk for late-onset sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis, mortality, and prolongs hospitalisation and costs. In 2003, the Belgian Health Council published guidelines for the prevention of perinatal GBS infections. This report presents the Belgian paediatric management guidelines, which have been endorsed by the Belgian and Flemish societies of neonatology and paediatrics. The most imported changes in the 2014 guidelines are the following: recommendations for a lumbar puncture; clarification of normal spinal fluid parameters and blood neutrophil indices corrected for gestation age; specific timing for diagnostic testing after birth; no indication for diagnostic testing in asymptomatic newborns unless additional risk factors; a revised algorithm for management of neonates according to maternal and neonatal risk factors; and premature infants described as those below 35 weeks instead of 37 weeks. The guidelines were made on the basis of the best evidence and on expert opinion when inadequate evidence exists. © Acta Clinica Belgica 2014
Authors & Co-Authors
Mahieu, Ludo M.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen
Cossey, Veerle R.
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven– University Hospital Leuven
Lepage, Philippe
Belgium, Brussels
Hospital Universitaire Des Enfants Reine Fabiola
Melin, Pierrette
Belgium, Liege
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liege
Statistics
Citations: 7
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 5
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Doi:
10.1179/2295333714Y.0000000054
ISSN:
17843286
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Sexual And Reproductive Health