Screening for group B Streptococcus in pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Category Structured summary of systematic reviews
JournalDatabase of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
Year 2013
CRD SUMMARY: The authors concluded that regardless of comparators, all analyses favoured a universal screening program for reducing perinatal infection caused by group B Streptococcus in pregnant women. The reliability of the conclusions is uncertain due to the risks of bias and chance affecting results.
Epistemonikos ID: c8d69e563c10ee5cae73574e3130c9fb3114aace
First added on: Jan 10, 2013