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, ...
March 21, 2011 — The Committee on Obstetric Practice of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued a Committee Opinion endorsing and summarizing the 2010 US Centers for ...
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 ...
During a recent concert at the Park City International Music Festival, held annually in the scenic mountains of Utah, Scott Ballantyne, a New York-based cellist, told the audience a gruesome story ...
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 ...