GBS Bacteriuria and Pregnancy

7/20/2021

Karen M. Puopolo, MD, PhD

About presenter

Karen M. Puopolo, M.D., Ph.D. is a neonatologist who specializes in neonatal infectious diseases. Dr. Puopolo is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. She is a member of the Division of Neonatology at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Section Chief for Newborn Medicine at Pennsylvania Hospital. Dr. Puopolo received her undergraduate degree in physics from Yale University, and went on to obtain her M.D. as well as a Ph.D. in molecular physiology from the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. She completed Pediatric residency and Neonatal-Perinatal fellowship training at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Puopolo was appointed to the faculty of Harvard Medical School from 2000-2014 where she was a physician and researcher at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Channing Laboratory investigating mechanisms of virulence in Group B Streptococcus. Her current research focuses on neonatal sepsis epidemiology and risk assessment. She is currently funded by the National Institutes of Health and the CDC to study the impact of neonatal antibiotic exposures on the newborn and early childhood microbiome, and on infant and early childhood growth. Dr. Puopolo is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on the Fetus and Newborn and serves on the Editorial Board for Pediatrics.

Group B Strep International

7/20/2021 09:20:19 pm

Thank you so much, Dr. Puopolo, for your presentation on GBS bacteriuria. We are honored that you have shared your expertise with us!

Ronald Librizzi, DO

7/21/2021 04:49:24 am

Thank you Karen for a wonderful, succinct and important presentation to remind us all about the importance of surveillance of asymptomatic bactiuria in pregnancy. Well done!

Maria Escamilla

7/21/2021 11:59:55 am

When I was pregnant, I had no idea about any of this!! Thank you for sharing!!

Allie

7/21/2021 12:13:36 pm

Thank you so much for a wonderful presentation

Marti Perhach

7/21/2021 03:35:08 pm

I am hopeful that by your sharing this information and the ACOG and IDSA recommendations in your presentation that these recommendations will be implemented in countries where urine culturing for GBS and other bacteria may not be routine during pregnancy. Thank you for clearly presenting the reduced risk of preterm and low birth weigh babies when pregnant women with ASB are treated with antibiotics.

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