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Type: Journal article
Title: Using vaginal Group B Streptococcus colonisation in women with preterm premature rupture of membranes to guide the decision for immediate delivery: a secondary analysis of the PPROMEXIL trials
Author: Tajik, P.
van der Ham, D.
Zafarmand, M.
Hof, M.
Morris, J.
Franssen, M.
de Groot, C.
Duvekot, J.
Oudijk, M.
Willekes, C.
Bloemenkamp, K.
Porath, M.
Woiski, M.
Akerboom, B.
Sikkema, J.
Bijvank, B.
Mulder, A.
Bossuyt, P.
Mol, B.
Citation: BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2014; 121(10):1263-1272
Publisher: Wiley
Issue Date: 2014
ISSN: 1470-0328
1471-0528
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P Tajik, DP van der Ham, MH Zafarmand, MHP Hof, J Morris, MTM Franssen, CJM de Groot, JJ Duvekot, MA Oudijk, C Willekes, KWM Bloemenkamp, M Porath, M Woiski, BM Akerboom, JM Sikkema, B Nij Bijvank, ALM Mulder, PM Bossuyt, BWJ Mol
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether vaginal Group B Streptococcus (GBS) colonisation or other baseline characteristics of women with preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) can help in identifying subgroups of women who would benefit from immediate delivery. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of the PPROMEXIL trials. SETTING: Sixty hospitals in the Netherlands. POPULATION: Women with PPROM between 34 and 37 weeks of gestation. METHODS: Random assignment of 723 women to immediate delivery or expectant management. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Early onset neonatal sepsis. RESULTS: Vaginal GBS colonisation status was the only marker which was significantly associated with the benefit of immediate delivery (P for interaction: 0.04). GBS colonisation was observed in 14% of women. The risk of early onset neonatal sepsis in GBS-positive women was high (15.2%) when they were managed expectantly but this risk was reduced to 1.8% with immediate delivery. The early onset neonatal sepsis risk was much lower in neonates of GBS-negative women: 2.6% after expectant management and 2.9% with immediate delivery. We estimated that by inducing labour only in GBS-positive women, there would be a 10.4% increase in term delivery rate, while keeping neonatal sepsis and caesarean delivery rates comparable to a strategy of labour induction for all. CONCLUSIONS: Our post hoc findings suggest that women with PROM between 34 and 37 weeks might benefit from immediate delivery if they have GBS vaginal colonisation, while in GBS-negative women labour induction could be delayed until 37 weeks.
Keywords: Early onset neonatal sepsis; group B streptococcus; preterm premature rupture of membranes; treatment selection marker; vaginal culture
Description: Article first published online: 27 MAY 2014
Rights: © 2014 Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12889
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.12889
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