Preventing Early Onset GBS Neonatal Sepsis - Are Second Line Intrapartum Antibiotics Equivalent to No Antibiotics at All?
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Abstract
Strongly encourage pregnant women with the history of a penicillin allergy to undergo prenatal allergy testing as first-line intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for group B strep (GBS) is superior to second-line or no antibiotics, which have similar rates of early onset sepsis (EOS).
Medical subject headings
- Neonatal Sepsis
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Streptococcal Infections
- Antibiotic Prophylaxis
- Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
- Streptococcus agalactiae