International Journal of Women's Health Care(IJWHC)

MBChB, MSc, Department of Urogynaecology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore

Publications

• Case Report   
  The Role for Intra-Partum Antibiotics in Previously GBS-Colonised Pregnancies, Not So Straightforward After All: A Case Study
  Author(s): Jon Wei Tan, Jill Cheng Sim Lee* and Lay Kok Tan
  
  Background: Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the most frequent pathogen involved in early-onset infection in newborn infants. The incidence of early-onset GBS disease (EOGBS) is estimated at 0.4 and 0.57 per 1000 births in the United States of America and the United Kingdom respectively. It is clear that administration of intrapartum antibiotics (IAP) significantly reduces risk of EOGBS (RR 0.17, 95% CI 0.04 to 0.74; number needed to treat to benefit 25, 95% CI 14 to 100), hence institutes such as the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (RCOG), and American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG), have released clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) with the aim to improve the standard of care in GBS screening and IAP for the prevention of EOGBS in neonates. CPGs guide clinicians in their management based on a consensus of care drawn from clinical evidence and o.. Read More»
  

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