Although implementation of GBS prophylaxis programs have been previously reported at other institutions, 6, 7, 8 to our knowledge this is the first report of such a program being instituted in a ...

Approximately 25% to 30% of pregnant women test positive for GBS during routine screening, and the majority choose to receive antibiotic prophylaxis during labor to prevent GBS transmission to ...

10%-30% of pregnant women are colonized; 50% of women who are colonized with GBS will transmit GBS to newborn from vagina to amniotic fluid during labor resulting in: Aspiration into lungs ...

women who are GBS carriers and have preterm rupture of membranes, along with induction of labor as soon as reasonably possible; and women with fever (≥38°C) who are in labor, regardless of ...

Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a well-known cause of neonatal sepsis, maternal chorioamnionitis and postpartum endometritis. Although the use of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis has decreased ...

Continued efforts are needed to sustain and improve on the progress achieved in the prevention of GBS disease. There also is a need to monitor for potential adverse consequences of intrapartum ...

In a companion article by Stoll and coworkers, [3] it appears that, indeed, the incidence of GBS sepsis has diminished substantially in extremely premature infants, dropping from 5.9 to 1.7 cases ...

Sarah Bienenfeld, MD, from Denver Health and Hospital Authority, and colleagues evaluated the charts of GBS-colonized women who received inadequate prophylaxis from April 30, 2013, through May 1 ...

Libster, of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and colleagues analyzed follow-up data for 42 children diagnosed with GBS meningitis at term and near-term from 1998 to 2006 at the Texas Children ...