'Gbs infection' presentation slideshows

REAL-TIME PCR

REAL-TIME PCR. PCR. PCR is a widely used technique for detecting and quantifying DNA from organisms and has become an essential tool in research laboratories and diagnostic tool used in clinical research

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Preventing early-onset group B Streptococcal infection in newborn babies

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Group B Strep in pregnancy & newborn babies 25 th January 2012

Group B Strep in pregnancy & newborn babies 25 th January 2012. Jane Plumb MBE Chief Executive Group B Strep Support. GBSS Medical Advisory Panel. Prof Philip Steer (Chair) Emeritus professor at Imperial College & consultant obstetrician at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London.

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Preventing early-onset group B Streptococcal infection in newborn babies

Preventing early-onset group B Streptococcal infection in newborn babies. Group B Streptococcus. Streptococcus agalactiae Gram positive coccus Normal body commensal of intestines and vagina First recognised as a major perinatal pathogen in the 1970s

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Infection/sepsis Genital tract sepsis

Infection/sepsis Genital tract sepsis. the leading cause of direct maternal deaths as late direct deaths occurring more than 6 weeks after the baby's birth

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Infection/sepsis Genital tract sepsis

Infection/sepsis Genital tract sepsis. the leading cause of direct maternal deaths as late direct deaths occurring more than 6 weeks after the baby's birth

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Source: Group B Strep Support Date: November 2013 Base: 163 respondent Midwives

GBS Midwife Survey 2013 Conducted by charity Group B Strep Support at the Royal College of Midwives Annual Conference 13-14 November 2013 What do Midwives really know about group B Strep? . Source: Group B Strep Support Date: November 2013 Base: 163 respondent Midwives. Executive Summary.

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Maternal Sepsis

Maternal Sepsis. Max Brinsmead PhD FRANZCOG May 2012. What is Sepsis?. A life-threatening bacterial infection Usually endogenous in origin That is, arising from commensal organisms But in the wrong place Usually blood-borne & therefore generalised Can give rise to septic shock

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