TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Postdelivery Antibiotics A1 - Gomella, Tricia Lacy A1 - Eyal, Fabien G. A1 - Bany-Mohammed, Fayez PY - 2020 T2 - Gomella's Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases, and Drugs, 8e AB - Two infants were born within the past hour. One infant’s mother had premature rupture of membranes (PROM) but no antibiotics. The other infant’s mother was pretreated with antibiotics for a positive group B Streptococcus (GBS) culture taken at 36 weeks. Who should be evaluated, and who should receive empiric antibiotics? It is necessary to review some of the basic concepts of early-onset sepsis (EOS), such as definition, pathogenesis, incidence morbidity, and mortality, before treatment plans are discussed. Major organizations have varying recommendations on EOS. This on-call problem focuses on postdelivery antibiotics for suspected EOS. Late-onset sepsis is discussed in Chapter 146, and infections of premature infants with prolonged hospital stays may require a different workup and antibiotic choice. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1168357030 ER -