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. 2009 Dec 13;2009:934698. doi: 10.1155/2009/934698

Table 2.

Costs (in 2008 USD) included in decision tree.

Variable Baseline estimate Range for sensitivity analysis Source or references
Cost of GBS rectal-vaginal culture
$50 $30–$75 [8, 18, 32, 34, 41]
Cost of GBS rectal-vaginal culture with susceptibility testing [34]
$59 $35–$89 [36]
Cost of maternal antibiotic therapy
  One dose of 5 million units of penicillin G
$18 $9–$27
Second dose of 2.5 million units of penicillin G
$11 $6–$17
  One dose of 2 grams of cefazolin
$14 $7–$21
  One dose of 900 milligrams of clindamycin
$18 $9–$27
  One dose of 500 milligrams of erythromycin
$16 $8–$24
  One dose of 1 gram of vancomycin
$12 $6–$18
Cost of neonatal CBC [22, 34, 38, 39]
$15 $8–$41
Cost of neonatal blood culture [22, 34, 40]
$20 $10–$26
Cost of maternal anaphylaxis case
$11 160 $1186–$30 286 [8, 33, 38, 39]
Cost of maternal death due to anaphylaxis
$1 211 432 $1 090 288–$1 332 575 [8]
Direct cost of early onset GBS sepsis case term infant
$19 774 $17 723–$21 824 [38, 39, 41]
Total (direct and indirect) cost of early onset GBS sepsis case term infant
$81 599 $67 764–$95 433 [38, 39, 42]

GBS: group B streptococci; CBC: complete blood count.