RT Book, Section
A1 Edwards, Morven S.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7028262
T1 Chapter 286. Group B Streptococcus Infections
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7028262
RD 2024/04/23
AB Group  B  streptococci  has  been  a  common  cause  of  invasive  infection  in  neonates  and  young  infants  for  several  decades.1  In  recent  years,  it  has  been  understood  that  group  B  streptococci  also  is  an  important  cause  of  maternal  obstetrical  morbidity  and  of  fetal  loss.  Within  the  past  decade,  a  significant  decline  in  the  incidence  of  early-onset  group  B  streptococcal  neonatal  infections  has  been  observed  in  association  with  universal  culture-based  screening  of  pregnant  women  and  administration  of  intrapartum  antibiotic  prophylaxis  to  women  colonized  with  group  B  streptococci.