Universal gestational screening for Streptococcus agalactiae colonization and neonatal infection - A systematic review and meta-analysis.

The review aimed to analyze the evidence of the correlation between universal screening for Streptococcus agalactiae colonization in pregnant women and early onset Group B neonatal infection. The research followed the descriptors "screening", "pregnancy", "Streptococcus agalactiae" and "neonatal infections" on the Pubmed, scielo and LILACS databases, for studies published in English between January 1st, 2008 and April 24th, 2018. A total of 200 articles were found, of which 198 were excluded.