Publications

A selection of group B strep publications authored or coauthored by CDC (2002—present)

MMWR Articles

• Prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal disease. Revised guidelines from CDC, 2010.
  MMWR. 2010;59(RR-10):1-32.
• Trends in perinatal group B streptococcal disease — United States, 2000–2006.
  MMWR. 2009;58(5):109–12.
• Perinatal group B streptococcal disease after universal screening recommendations — United States, 2003–2005.
  MMWR. 2007;56(28):701–5.
• Disparities in universal prenatal screening for group B Streptococcus — North Carolina, 2002–2003.
  MMWR. 2005;54(28): 700–3.
• Diminishing racial disparities in early-onset neonatal group B streptococcal disease — United States, 2000–2003.
  MMWR. 2004;53(23): 502–5.
• Prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal disease. Revised guidelines from CDC
  MMWR. 2002;51(RR-11):1–22.

Prevention Strategies

• Fairlie T, Zell ER, Schrag SJ. Effectiveness of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of early-onset group B streptococcal disease. Obstet Gynecol. 2013. 121(3):1–9.
• Koumans EH, Rosen J, Van Dyke MK, et al. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of infections during pregnancy: implementation of recommended interventions, United States, 2003-2004. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012;206(2):158.e1–158.e11
• Van Dyke MK, Phares CR, Lynfield R, et al. Evaluation of universal antenatal screening for group B Streptococcus. N Eng J Med. 2009;360(25):2626–36.
• Schrag SJ, Zell ER, Lynfield R, et al. A population-based comparison of strategies to prevent early-onset group B streptococcal disease in neonates. N Eng J Med. 2002;347(4):233–9.

Neonatal Sepsis Trends

• Lukacs SL, Schrag SJ. Clinical sepsis among neonates and young infants - United States, 1988 2006. J Pediatrics. 2012;161(3):573.
• Weston EJ, Pondo T, Lewis MM, et al. The burden of invasive early-onset neonatal sepsis in the United States, 2005–2008. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011;30(11):937–41.
• Deutscher M, Lewis M, Zell ER, et al. Incidence and severity of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae, group A Streptococcus, and group B Streptococcus infections among pregnant and postpartum women. Clin Infect Dis. 2011;53(2):114–23.
• Stoll BJ, Hansen NI, Sánchez PI, et al. Early onset neonatal sepsis: the burden of group B streptococcal and E. coli disease continues. Pediatrics. 2011;127(5):817–26.
• Jordan HT, Farley MM, Craig A, et al. Revisiting the need for vaccine prevention of late-onset neonatal group B streptococcal disease: a multistate, population-based analysis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008;27(12):1057–64.
• Phares CR, Lynfield R, Farley MM, et al. Epidemiology of invasive group B streptococcal disease in the United States, 1999-2005. JAMA. 2008;299(17):2056–65.
• Castor ML, Whitney CG, Como-Sabetti K, et al. Antibiotic resistance patterns in invasive group B streptococcal isolates. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2008;2008:727505.

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Neonatal Sepsis Risk Factors

• Schrag SJ, Hadler JL, Arnold KE, et al. Risk factors for invasive, early-onset Escherichia coli infections in the era of widespread intrapartum antibiotic use. Pediatrics. 2006;118(2):570–6.

Resistance Articles

• Seki T, Kimura K, Reid ME, et al. High isolation rate of MDR group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility in Japan. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2015;70(10):2725-8
• Park C, Nichols M, Schrag S. Two cases of invasive vancomycin-resistant group B Streptococcus infection. N Eng J Med. 2014;370:885–6.

Review Articles

• Verani J, Spina N, Lynfield R, et al. Early-onset group B streptococcal disease in the United States: potential for further reduction. Obstet Gynecol. 2014;123(4): 828–37.
• Schrag, SJ. Verani, JR. Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal disease: Experience in the United States and implications for a potential group B streptococcal vaccine. Vaccine. 2013;31 Suppl 4:D20–6.
• Edmond KM, Kortsalioudaki C, Scott S, et al. Group B streptococcal disease in infants aged younger than 3 months: systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet. 2012;379(9815):547–56.
• Verani JR, Schrag SJ. Group B streptococcal disease in infants: Progress in prevention and continued challenges. Clin Perinatol. 2010;37(2):375–92.