Publications by authors named "Maureen Grundy"
Article Synopsis
- Streptococcus pseudoporcinus (S. pseudoporcinus) is a newly identified pathogen that can cause false-positive results in tests for Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) in pregnant women.
- A study found that S. pseudoporcinus colonization occurred in 1.6% of pregnancies and was linked to certain factors like African American race, tobacco use, and higher body mass index.
- Women colonized with S. pseudoporcinus had higher rates of complications such as preterm premature rupture of membranes and spontaneous preterm birth compared to those who were colonized with GBS.
Background: Gestational alloimmune liver disease, a form of profound liver failure in the newborn, is the main underlying cause of the entity formerly known as neonatal hemochromatosis. Antepartum maternal intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has been shown to prevent gestational alloimmune liver disease, which otherwise has a recurrence risk above 90% in subsequent pregnancies.
Case: A 30-year-old woman, gravida 3 para 0120, presented early in gestation.
Objective: To identify perinatal risk factors that can distinguish arterial ischemic stroke from hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy at birth.
Methods: This is a cohort study of all neonates born at 35 weeks of gestation or greater admitted to our neonatal intensive care unit from January 1, 2010, to December 31, 2015, that compares neonates with stroke with those with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy undergoing whole-body hypothermia with abnormal brain magnetic resonance imaging.
Results: During this 6-year period, there were 22 neonates with stroke and 47 with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy undergoing whole-body hypothermia with abnormal magnetic resonance imaging.
Primary musculoskeletal cancer and metastatic disease to bone in pregnant patients presents major treatment challenges. Although uncommon, musculoskeletal malignancies in pregnant women have been reported. When diagnosing and treating these patients, the mother's health must be managed appropriately while ensuring that fetal development is not deleteriously affected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDuring a 14-month period of using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for group B streptococcus (GBS) identification, we recovered 32 (1%) Streptococcus pseudoporcinus isolates from 3,276 GBS screening cultures from female genital sources (25 isolates from pregnant women and 7 from nonpregnant women). An additional two S. pseudoporcinus isolates were identified from a urine culture and a posthysterectomy wound culture.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of this study is to better understand factors influencing the age of sexual initiation among Latina youth.
Methods: Prior qualitative research with young women from the target population and the existing literature determined the theoretical framework for this study. A quantitative instrument was then developed and pre-tested.