Screening pregnant women for group B streptococcus infection between 30 and 32 weeks of pregnancy in a population at high risk for premature birth.

Objective: To assess the benefits of a chemoprophylaxis program based on screening women for group B streptococcus (GBS) infection between 30 and 32 weeks of pregnancy in a population with a high rate of premature births.

Methods: From 1995 to 2011, 24 950 women were screened for GBS infection between 30 and 32 weeks of pregnancy at Markusovszky Teaching Hospital, Szombathely, Hungary. Those who tested positive, and those who tested negative but were at risk of infecting their newborns, underwent intrapartum prophylaxis.

[Screening and treatment for retinopathy of prematurity at the Markusovszky County Hospital, (experience of 20 years: 1989-2009].

The aims of this study was to obtain the frequency and therapy of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in Markusovszky Teaching Hospital, Szombathely, Hungary. A population based study on ophthalmological status of preterm infants was performed, between 01.01.

[Manifestations of systemic mycoses and related infections in the central nervous system].

Unlabelled: In daily practice mycotic infections of the CNS have become more and more frequent. The main causes are the wide-ranging use of corticosteroids, immunosuppressive, cytostatic drugs and antibiotics, the spreading of AIDS, the increasing number of surviving immature newborns. To illustrate the diagnostic difficulties, the authors report several cases.

[Histologic chorioamnionitis is associated with cerebral palsy].

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the interaction between histologic chorioamnionitis and unexplained neonatal cerebral palsy among low-birth-weight infants.

Methods: 105 preterm infants delivered under 1500 g between 2000-2004 were studied. The clinical data, the neonatal neuroimaging, the laboratory results finds and the histopathologic features of fetal parts (placenta, umbilical cord and membranes) were evaluated.

[Severe visual impairment and blindness in children in the past 15 years in county Vas--in the context of Vision 2020].

Aim: To investigate the causes of severe visual impairment and blindness in children.

Methods: A retrospective view of data of children under 16 years over a 15 years period, from 1990 to 2004 was performed.

Results: 49 visually impaired children were found.