Background Against a background of failure to prevent neonatal invasive early-onset group B Streptococcus infections (GBS) in our maternity unit using risk-based approach for intrapartum antibiotic ...

Objective Timing of administration of antibiotics and concentrations in maternal blood and the umbilical cord blood are important prerequisites for optimal intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) of ...

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

The WHO’s recommendation on screening pregnant women for intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis offers a flexible framework for preventing early-onset GBS disease in newborns. While universal screening is ...

Objective: Membrane stripping in group B streptococcus (GBS) carriers poses an increased risk of inadequate antibiotic prophylaxis, potentially due to accelerated labor, thereby potentially impacting ...

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 ...

Objective: To investigate the associations between intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis of group B streptococcus (GBS) in pregnant women and the risk of food allergy in Chinese children Design: ...

or external ear canal Clinical observation for 36-48 hours recommended for healthy newborns if mother had indication for GBS prophylaxis and received ≥ 4 hours of intrapartum antibiotics In ...

Results of a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases found that an intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) program was associated with an expansion of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) clonal ...