A review of microorganisms that can cross intact membranes and the mechanisms involved to inform and guide pregnancy management

2/24/2019

Measurable Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this presentation, participants should be able to...

Recognize microorganisms that can cross intact fetal membranes
Justify pregnancy management based on knowledge that multiple microorganisms can cross intact membranes

Marti Perhach
Marti Perhach cofounded Group B Strep International (GBSI) in 2006. Previously she had served as President for GBSI's sister organization, The Jesse Cause, since 1999. GBSI was cofounded to expand the scope and audience of the GBS awareness campaign. She also serves as GBSI’s CEO. Her background is Business Administration with a major in Hotel & Restaurant Management and a minor in Marketing from Cal Poly Pomona. Marti enjoys organizing conference exhibits to share information on how to help protect babies from group B strep disease. Marti's daughter, Rose, was stillborn in 1998 due to group B strep.

Marti Perhach

2/24/2019 01:53:02 pm

Welcome to the symposium! This topic is of special interest to me as my daughter, Rose, was stillborn due to group B strep the morning after my membranes were stripped. Unfortunately, the fact that group B strep and other microorganisms can cross intact membranes is not widely recognized.

An excellent presentation by Dr. David M. Aronoff explaining how this can occur in regards to group B strep is available in our past online symposium at https://www.groupbstrepinternational.org/presentations/category/introduction-to-pogbsd

Megan

2/25/2019 07:30:43 am

I noticed you mention that the rate of stillbirth varies by the development of the country. Were there any microorganisms whose infection rate by country also parallel that statistic?

2/26/2019 03:13:10 pm

Not by specific countries that I've found, but according to the study by McClure (2010) ascending infections with organisms such as E. coli, GBS, and Ureaplasma urealyticum are usually the most common infectious causes of stillbirth in developed countries, but that syphilis may cause up to half of all stillbirths in syphilis-prevalent areas. According to McClure's 2009 study infections with Gram negative organisms such as Klebsiella Pneumoneae or E Coli may be the most common in developing countries.

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