The authors recommend offering intrapartum antibiotics to all women who go into labor before 37 weeks of pregnancy, whether or not their waters have broken. The recommendations are intended to prevent ...

A new smartphone application (app) eases implementation of evidence-based guidelines to prevent group B Streptococcus (GBS) infections in neonates. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...

BOSTON — Mortality rates from group B streptococcal meningitis have declined, but morbidity among survivors remains high, despite intrapartum prophylaxis, according to Romina Libster, MD. The aim of ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of early-onset group B beta hemolytic streptococcal (EOGBS) infection and the association between changes in the incidence and intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In 1996, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued guidelines for antepartum antibiotic prophylaxis of group B streptococcal (GBS)-positive women. The objective of this ...

Despite substantial progress in prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal (GBS) disease since the 1990s, GBS remains the leading cause of early-onset neonatal sepsis in the United States. In 1996, ...

The Xpert GBS test detects group B streptococcus (GBS) colonisation in pregnant women, using rectal and vaginal swabs. One randomised controlled trial reported a sensitivity of 89% and a reduction in ...

As the connection between the gut microbiome and various diseases states continues to grow, researchers have begun to focus their attention on the early stages of human development and how early ...