Re: Universal screening versus risk-based protocols for antibiotic prophylaxis during childbirth to prevent early-onset Group B streptococcal disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (First comment on BJOG-19-0865.R2)
Year: 2020
Type: preprint
Abstract: Re: Universal screening versus risk-based protocols for antibiotic prophylaxis during childbirth to prevent early-onset Group B streptococcal disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis Dear Editor, We read the systematic review and meta-analysis "Universal screening versus risk-based protocols for antibiotic prophylaxis during childbirth to prevent early-onset Group B Streptococcal disease" with great interest.1 This systematic review correctly identified that overtreatment would occur in both risk-based and universal screening strategies.While our review, 2 cited by the authors, only estimated the over-detection and potential overtreatment in a screening strategy and did not compare this to the amount of overtreatment in a risk-based strategy, we would like to make a few points about this comparison.
Authors: Farah Seedat, John Marshall
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4236918978