The recommendations are intended to prevent early-onset GBS infection in newborns. "This guidance provides clear advice to doctors and midwives on which women should be offered antibiotics to ...

Inadequate intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for group B streptococci (GBS) is common, according to a study published in the September issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. HealthDay News ...

“The most common antibiotic triggers included surgical site infection prophylaxis before cesarean section and GBS prophylaxis during labor,” Shah said. “Other reported agents included ...

Among the 90 infants with invasive GBS disease who were enrolled retrospectively ... and IAP intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis. The overall incidence per 1000 live births in the prospective ...

Currently antibiotic prophylaxis administered to a woman during labour is the main means of preventing GBS disease in newborn infants, but only if the bacterium is detected during pregnancy.