Nevertheless, the NICE guideline " Neonatal infection : antibiotics for prevention and treatment " states : " Intrapartum Antibiotic Prophylaxis should be offered if group B streptococcal colonisation, bacteriuria or infection are detected in the current pregnancy ".
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A review into giving antibiotics in pregnancy for asymptomatic bacteriuria ( urine infection with no symptoms ) found the research was of very low quality but that it did suggest that taking antibiotics reduced the numbers of preterm births and babies with low birth weight.
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Additionally IAP is also recommended for women with intrapartum risk factors if their GBS carrier status is not known at the time of delivery, for women with GBS bacteriuria during their pregnancy, and for women who have had an infant with EOD previously.
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Per Infectious Disease Society of America guidelines, bacteriuria can be confirmed if a single bacterial species is isolated in a concentration greater than 100, 000 colony forming units per millilitre of urine in clean-catch midstream urine specimens ( one for men, two consecutive specimens with the same bacterium for women ).
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Specifically in the 1980s, the majority of the journals content followed a reductionist model of biomedical research; at the time, scientists followed this generalist approach to research because they believed in understanding disease at a microscopic level ( especially when observing organs ) to apply findings to many different cases . ( Krieger 2011 ) For example, one article in the 1985 issue, Prevalence of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Comparison between Different Screening Methods for its Detection in Infants , relied on urine samples of 441 children between the ages of 3 to 36 months to detect urinary tract infections . ( Goossens 1985 ) Other studies in the 1985 issue focused on using cultures and vector borne studies, attesting to the fact that the journal at its inception geared towards readers with a scientific background.
