Columbus: bacterial infections in pregnancy Flashcards
What is the term fatality rate for GBS infected neonates?
For infants infected less than 33 weeks?
What are common maternal sites of GBS infection?
And in neonates?
2%
30%
UTI, amnionitis, endometritis
Sepsis, meningitis, Pneumonia
What percentage of women have lower G.I. tract colonization of GBS?
20-25%
What are risk factors for early-onset GBS infection?
Maternal colonization GBS bacteriuria Preterm birth Intrapartum fever Prolonged PROM African-American and Hispanic women Prior GBS-affected neonate
What is the early-onset neonatal infection rate for GBS?
How is late onset neonatal GBS infection transmitted?
0.37 per 1000
Vertical or nosocomial; lower fatality rate
Antibiotics given prior to delivery reduce the early onset GBS by what percentage?
70%
What threshold of GBS bacteriuria necessitates antibiotic treatment in labor?
Greater than or equal to 10^4 CFU/mL
What is first-line treatment for GBS prophylaxis?
What regimen is recommended for penicillin allergy with low-risk of anaphylaxis?
What is recommended for penicillin allergy with high-risk of anaphylaxis?
Penicillin 5 million units IV then 2.5 million units every 4 hours
Cefazolin 2 g IV than 1 g every 8 hours
Clindamycin 900 mg IV every 8 hours or Vancomycin 1 g IV every 12 hours if clindamycin and erythromycin resistant
When is GBS prophylaxis indicated besides positive culture or bacteriuria?
Delivery less than 37 weeks
Rupture of membranes greater than or equal to 18 hours
Intrapartum fever
Intrapartum PCR positive
What is the cause of listeriosis?
What type of organism is this?
Listeria monocytogenes
Motile, non-spore forming, gram-positive Bacillus
When should GBS culture be repeated after PPROM with long latency?
Greater than 5 weeks
How is listeriosis acquired and spread to the fetus?
Unpasteurized cheese, smoked deli meats, hot dogs
Hematogenous spread with cystic placental abscesses
How does listeriosis present less than 32 weeks?
Greater than 32 weeks?
Diffuse sepsis, high mortality rate
Fetal meningitis, hydrocephalus and mental retardation; most mothers asymptomatic
How is listeriosis treated?
Ampicillin 1-2 g IV Q6 hours and gentamicin 2 mg per kilogram IV Q8 hours for one week
What is the proper way to remove a tick that is embedded?
Tweezers or string
What is the causative agent of Lyme disease?
How is it transmitted?
Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi
Deer tick
Describe the first stage of Lyme disease.
Second stage.
Third stage
Erythema chronicum migrans or target lesion
Neurologic and cardiac manifestations such as meningitis, cranial nerve palsy, first-degree AV heart block
Joint pain especially knee, effusions, chronic neurologic damage and fatigue
What are the perinatal complications of Lyme disease?
Transplacental passage leads to infection of fetal lymphoreticular system, CNS, myocardium with septal and aortic defects described; intrauterine and neonatal demise if untreated