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Chlorhexidine for prevention of neonatal colonization with group B streptococci. IV. Depressed puerperal carriage following vaginal washing with chlorhexidine during labour

Dykes, Anna-Karin LU ; Kvist Christensen, Karen and Christensen, Poul (1987) In European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology 24(4). p.293-297
Abstract
The effect of vaginal washing with chlorhexidine acetate, 2 g/l at delivery, on the colonization of the urogenital tract with group B streptococci (GBS) 4 days later was investigated. Patients who were culture-positive for GBS in urethra and/or cervix in pregnancy weeks 32 and 36 as well as at delivery were included in a prospective study. The washing procedure was performed in 31 parturients, and 10 (32%) were culture-negative at day 4 after delivery. In contrast, only 7/47 (15%) non-washed controls were negative at day 4 (p = 0.044). The results demonstrate a prolonged suppressive effect of vaginal washing with chlorhexidine on the recovery of GBS from the urogenital tract in this highly selected patient group.
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GBS colonization, Chlorhexidine, Vaginal washing
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European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology
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24
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4
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293 - 297
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Elsevier
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0301-2115
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10.1016/0028-2243(87)90154-7
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English
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  abstract     = {{The effect of vaginal washing with chlorhexidine acetate, 2 g/l at delivery, on the colonization of the urogenital tract with group B streptococci (GBS) 4 days later was investigated. Patients who were culture-positive for GBS in urethra and/or cervix in pregnancy weeks 32 and 36 as well as at delivery were included in a prospective study. The washing procedure was performed in 31 parturients, and 10 (32%) were culture-negative at day 4 after delivery. In contrast, only 7/47 (15%) non-washed controls were negative at day 4 (p = 0.044). The results demonstrate a prolonged suppressive effect of vaginal washing with chlorhexidine on the recovery of GBS from the urogenital tract in this highly selected patient group.}},
  author       = {{Dykes, Anna-Karin and Kvist Christensen, Karen and Christensen, Poul}},
  issn         = {{0301-2115}},
  keywords     = {{GBS colonization; Chlorhexidine; Vaginal washing}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{293--297}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology}},
  title        = {{Chlorhexidine for prevention of neonatal colonization with group B streptococci. IV. Depressed puerperal carriage following vaginal washing with chlorhexidine during labour}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0028-2243(87)90154-7}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/0028-2243(87)90154-7}},
  volume       = {{24}},
  year         = {{1987}},
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