Group B screening
From: AultK@obgyn-po.obgyn.uiowa.edu
Fri Aug 1 07:37:51 1997
I have been following the thread about GBS screening. I believe that
last year's CDC guidelines encourage the use of Todd-Hewitt Broth for
detecting GBS from rectovaginal swabs. If you use solid agar plates
you miss about 50% of your positives. Unfortunately it seems that
hospital micro labs are hesitant to do the broth cultures because of
the additional expense and hassle. Does anyone know what their
hospitals are doing? - Kevin Ault, MD University of Iowa
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