Thank you for visiting the presentation pages for the 1st Annual Virtual Symposium on Prenatal-onset Group B Strep Disease (POGBSD)! The symposium was held on October 15 - 25, 2018. Check out our presentations! 

Prenatal-onset group B strep disease includes GBS-caused stillbirths and miscarriages and should possibly include GBS infections caused before early-onset prevention strategies would normally be implemented. The symposium discussed various aspects of GBS disease pertaining to GBS infection during pregnancy.

GBS as a Cause of Preterm Labor & (P)PROM
David M. Aronoff, MD, FIDSA, FAAM

​Prenatal-onset GBS (POGBS) Sepsis is a Distinct Cause of Perinatal Mortality/Morbidity
James A McGregor, MDCM

​Compassion Heals
Gabriela Foster, M.ED

Streptococcus agalactiae ST283 causing invasive sepsis in healthy adults is widespread in SE Asia
Timothy Barkham, MBBS MSc FRCPath

Genomic insights into a foodborne outbreak of Group B Streptococcus in Singapore - and beyond
Swaine L. Chen, MD, PhD

Serial Clustering of Late-Onset Group B Streptococcal Infections in the
Neonatal Unit: A Genomic Re-evaluation of Causality
​Elita Jauneikaite, PhD

​Functional Connectedness of the Lower and Upper Reproductive Tracts
James A McGregor, MDCM

Recognition of Pathogenic Pathways to Intrauterine Infection: Keys to Identifying Testable Primary Prevention Strategies
James A McGregor, MDCM

Puerperal infection associated with GBS carriage during pregnancy: A logic model approach to prevention
​James A McGregor, MDCM

​What Can We Currently Do to Help Prevent Prenatal-onset Group B Strep Disease?
Marti Perhach, Executive Director 

​Monitoring fetal movement in the third trimester
Joy Bryant, RN-C, BSN, MSN, EdD

Revisiting group B strep (GBS) symptomatic vaginitis (GBSSV)
James A McGregor, MDCM

Universal Utilization of Nurse Family Practitioner (NFP)/Home Visitation (HV) Pregnancy Services to Optimize Preconception through Early Childhood and TRANSGENERATIONAL Family Outcomes
Jane Hanson-Ernstrom, RN, BSN, CNM, MS

Research: Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral Probiotics for Primary Prevention of Antepartum GBS
Lisa Hanson, PhD, RN, CNM, APNP, FACNM

A Logic Model-Inspired Review and Analysis of Alternative or
Complementary Approaches to Prevent Group B Streptococcal (GBS) Colonization or Infection in Pregnancy or the Newborn Period
Marti Perhach, Executive Director

​Delayed Acquisition of Rectovaginal GBS Colonization: A Hidden Benefit of GBS Conjugate Vaccines
Lawrence C. Paoletti, PhD

"Reduced Discomfort" Vaccination: Pain Prevention Strategies to Encourage Readiness for a Maternal Vaccine against Group B Streptococcus
James A. McGregor, MDCM

Assessing the potential of GBS maternal immunisation in preventing maternal infection and foetal harm
Theresa Lamagni, MSc PhD HonMFPH

Logic model-based failure analysis of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) to prevent all cases of perinatal group B strep disease
James A. McGregor, MDCM

A prospective, observational study on causes of stillbirths in African women from South Africa (Narration by Clare Cutland, MBBCH, PhD)
Shabir Madhi, MBBCh, FCPaeds, MMed, PhD

What Are Ways to Help Establish a Likely Cause of Perinatal Mortality?
Marti Perhach, Executive Director

Post-Mortem Authorisation – Parent to Parent
Margaret J. Evans
BSc, MBChB, FRCPath (Paeds), LLM

​Development of Putative Working Definitions of Prenatal-onset Group B Strep (POGBS) Invasive Disease Using "Internet Commons" GBS Parent and Provider Sources
James A. McGregor, MDCM

Should Written Consent Be Required before Fetal Membrane Stripping
Especially among GBS Carriers?
Jane Hanson-Ernstrom,
​RN, BSN, CNM, MS

Advocating for the health of your baby? If not you, then who? (Parts I, II, and III)
Sherokee Ilse, BA, BLFA

Provider Support in Subsequent Pregnancies after a GBS+ Birth
Bevin Tomlin, BS, MS

​Making or Breaking a Marriage: Couple Communication at the
time of loss and over time
Sherokee Ilse, BA, BLFA

Perinatal grief and the social world of objects: (re)ordering the past, the present and the future
Paul Cassidy, BBS MPhil

​Internet Crowdsourced Parent-Suggested Research Agenda for the Prevention of Perinatal-onset Group B Strep Disease (POGBSD)
Amy Perhach, BA

Primary and Secondary Prevention of Fetal Death Caused by
Maternal Infection
James A. McGregor, MDCM

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