Rapid Detection of Group B Streptococcus (Strep)-Labor and Delivery Study

Withdrawn before enrolling

Conditions studied: Streptococcal Infections

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a rapid bedside diagnosis of group B strep (GBS) growing in the vagina and rectum can be performed with similar success to the routine culture in women who are in labor.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00330642

Run by

University of Michigan

People needed

0

Starts

2006-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-12-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Women 18 years of age or older
• Mentally capable of giving informed consent
• Symptoms and signs at presentation related to possible labor or ruptured membranes (leakage of fluid, uterine contractions, pelvic pressure)
• Presentation for induction of labor irrespective of cause

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to give informed consent
• Conditions where the time taken to obtain specimens are potentially harmful to one or one's baby (heavy bleeding, low fetal heart rate, preterm premature rupture of membranes)
• Use of any antibacterials within the previous 7 days

Where it is running

• University of Michigan Hospital — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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