Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal disease: experience in the United States and implications for a potential group B streptococcal vaccine

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Group B Streptococcus (GBS) emerged as the leading cause of newborn infection in the United States in the 1970s. In the 1980s clinical trials demonstrated that giving intrapartum intravenous ampicillin or penicillin to mothers at risk was highly effective at preventing invasive GBS disease in the fi …
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Authors Schrag SJ;Verani JR;;
Journal Vaccine
Year 2013
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE review humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine pregnancy research support u.s. gov't female Infant newborn P.H.S. United States anti-bacterial agents / therapeutic use penicillins / therapeutic use streptococcal infections / microbiology premature birth infectious disease transmission streptococcal infections / drug therapy* antibiotic prophylaxis / methods* jennifer r verani diseases / prevention & control vertical / prevention & control* pmid:23219695 doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.11.056 stephanie j schrag ampicillin / therapeutic use diseases / drug therapy* diseases / microbiology prenatal diagnosis reproductive tract infections / drug therapy* reproductive tract infections / microbiology streptococcal infections / prevention & control streptococcal vaccines streptococcus agalactiae / immunology

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