Authors' reply 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

Geke Hasperhoven¹, Salwan Al-Nasiry^{1

2}, Vincent Bekker³, Eduardo Villamor^{1

4}, Boris Kramer^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
² Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Paediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Paediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Comment

Geke Hasperhoven et al. BJOG. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;127(8):1039-1040.

doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16251. Epub 2020 May 25.

Geke Hasperhoven¹, Salwan Al-Nasiry^{1

2}, Vincent Bekker³, Eduardo Villamor^{1

4}, Boris Kramer^{1

4}

¹ Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
² Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Paediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Paediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands.

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Comment on

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