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Re: GBS From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Thu Nov 29 07:14:22 2007 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: art fougner, md: "Re: Prophy ABX for Elective C/S was Re: No Posts!" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: GBS" In reply to: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: GBS" Good point, EL. Colonization rates certainly differ within different patient populations. The a priori risk surely influences the predictive value of the test. Art At Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: > >Given the US Maternal Mortality figures, would it be possible, >perhaps, to calculate this figures for white and black patient >populations as well? > >Hmm indeed. > >el > >on 11/29/07 3:02 AM R. Daniel Braun said the following: >> In prescreening days, the serious infection rate was 1 per 2000 >> deliveries and the infestation rate was 20%. So, based on that data one >> would need to screen 2000 patients and treat 400 to prevent one serious >> infection. >> >> let me see, Screen costs at least $50 and treatment at least $500. >> 2000 X's 50 = 100,000 and 400 X's 500 200,000. That means it costs >> somewhere around $300,000 to prevent 1 case of severe infection. That >> doesn't take in to account the complications of treating with Penicillin >> (allergic reactions, medication errors, etc.) or of those who improperly >> treat with Ampicillin (creating resistant strains of other organisms), >etc. >> >> Hmmmm! >> >> Dan -- art fougner, md "May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton Next message: art fougner, md: "Re: Prophy ABX for Elective C/S was Re: No Posts!" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: GBS" In reply to: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: GBS"

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